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The Shins - 'Turn On Me'

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Uber-hyped indie darlings The Shins continue their ascent into the mainstream consciousness with ‘Turn On Me’.  On first listen, this sounds like a lovely jingly-jangly, folky little number – all melting, sixties-esque harmonies and guitars that make you feel like you’re walking around Haight Ashbury, eating an ice lolly in the sunshine. 

And it is like that. However, a second listen reveals 'Turn On Me' to be a seriously sad yet vitriolic lament on the breakdown of a relationship, made all the more arresting by setting it against this Byrds-y backdrop.  ‘So affections fade away,’ sings James Mercer "And do adults just learn to play/The most ridiculous, repulsive games?" Lush and sublime, if only all therapy-as-pop could be this good.

Released 03/09/07 on Sub Pop
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  • Amazing song and band

    ~ by Biff 9/5/2007

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