The Shins - Split Needles (Alternate Version)Album: Phantom Limb Single [2007]
i read somewhere once that this is the original version of the song that appears on 2007's "wincing the night away". depending on the moon you're in, it's hard to choose which one is more enjoyable. this version of the song is a highly charged pop/rock song while the version that the band decided to put on the album is much darker and experimental. a delicate and wistful band from the albuquerque, the shins seem to take a while delivering new material, but as they proved on "wincing the night away", it's time well spent. neither a retread nor a radical departure - nor a conscious attempt at making "life-changing" music (as natalie portman proclaimed in garden state), the album is a mix of quintessentially shins songs that take their sound in subtly different directions. they've shown us where they've been and that they're able to move on to new territory, and while it probably won't change your life, it probably will make it more enjoyable. now all they have to do is finally put out some new music.
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