A boring, yet strangely mesmerizing video for the Shins’ “New Slang.” Just a girl on a porch, staring into the camera and lip-syncing the song. The way she breaks up laughing at the end just makes you fall in love. (Trivia: That’s Kim Baxter of the All-Star Summer Fun Band.) I like it much better than the other (official?) video for the song.
And it’s about damned time the Shins record another album. Their last one was gorgeous.
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16 June | 21:28 | James
Man, you are so right. The Shins are great. I saw them open for Modest Mouse a few years ago and didn't appreciate them then, but if they ever come back, I'm there.
18 June | 11:51 | Maud
Yeah, they're great. When James Mercer performed at the Knitting Factory in February he did a version of "New Slang" with Sam Beam from Iron & Wine. It knocked my socks off.
23 June | 22:51 | red clay
Lions and tigers and bears.If you don't fall horrible in love with her right then,
there is something wrong with you.
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