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laryn
Mar 08 2004
08:18 pm

anybody familiar with the shins? i just got to listen to their latest album “chutes too narrow” and i like it. a lot. i think you will too.

you can find a few mp3’s and some other stuff here: http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/bands_page.php?id=355

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Wilberto
Apr 10 2004
06:05 pm

I have been listening to “chutes to narrow” for almost a month straight. I really am feeling it. The songwriting is really good and he just has an amazing, smooth voice.

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Jasonvb
Apr 13 2004
01:39 pm

Could someone tell me how “Chutes Too Narrow” compares to “Oh, Inverted World”? I thought the first one was cool and poppy, but couldn’t sink my teeth into it for some reason… Just wondering if I should give them a second look since “Chutes” has a lot of buzz. And I do tend to trust buzz.

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CercatoreDelDio
Apr 14 2004
01:00 am

I am a huge Shins fan and Chutes Too Narrow is well worth looking into. I hold in higher esteem than I do Oh, Inverted World, which I must was was an amazing piece of musical genius. I like Wilbertos points that he had. The eloquent songwriting really makes this amazing contrast with the instruments. I don’t know why, but I absolutely ADORE Marty Crandall and James Mercer, whose voice is the smoothest I’ve heard in a while! Sub Pop has this EVIL tendency to sign amazing musicians with addictively good music. Chutes Too Narrow is well worth the time and money to listen to it. So enjoy it, I know I did. By the way, check out another Sub Pop band called Damon and Naomi. They are of a different style really, more of a progressive folk movement, one we see really sweeping people with releases from Pedro the Lion and Sufjan Stevens. I like them a lot and they’re pretty influential in their meaning and musical stylings.

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Jasonvb
Apr 14 2004
09:11 am

Thanks! And welcome to the board!

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CercatoreDelDio
Apr 14 2004
10:18 am

hahaha, thank you very much.