Their third album is the sound of a band growing up and out. James Mercer's infectious, indelible melodic style is still at the core, but on various songs he also channels a Morrissey vibe, pairs a hip-hop beat with lush melodic lines and searing guitars, toys with tweaked-out piano steeped in psychedelic strings, utilizes fractured synth samples, adds gauzy, arpeggiated keyboards that cloak thunderous anthems, and even takes cues from early Jesus And Mary Chain sweeping, fuzz-toned epics. The album also contains the lilting, exhilarating, rollicking, rock-solid pop songs we've all come to covet from The Shins.

Tracklist

A1 Sleeping Lessons 3:58
A2 Australia 3:56
A3 Pam Berry 0:56
A4 Phantom Limb 4:47
A5 Sea Legs 5:22
B1 Red Rabbits 4:30
B2 Turn On Me 3:41
B3 Black Wave 3:19
B4 Spilt Needles 3:45
B5 Girl Sailor 3:44
B6 A Comet Appears 3:49