Anyone else like the Shins?

This is a great song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqQ4oZkPiKU

I got hooked on the Shins watching Garden State.

Which led to Broken Bells.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBewKu80Mg

I always thought these other 2 bands were in the same vein...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzUdJ-5fscA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oextk-If8HQ

I like the shins. They hold up the knees.

Like The Shins...especially like the Mercer - Danger Mouse collaboration of Broken Bells.

LOVE the shins. Are they still recording? Or is Mercer (who basically is the Shins) only doing solo work?

Thanks for posting this. I never heard of them until this thread, but it turns out I knew them from the Garden State soundtrack.

I know I'm a week behind, but I've been meaning to add my Shins faves that are also must hears..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkITsv3Nk6M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLTPcD1S4Q&index=10&list=RDOkITsv3Nk6M

Didn't see Garden State till long after it came out. Recall hearing Phantom Limb around the time it was released, and being blown away how catchy and complex the music was and how the lyrics seemed to have a mythical quality about them. When I looked up the actual lyrics, the song's story wasn't mythical, but no less engaging. James Mercer's one of the best songwriters out there.

Fellow Southwesterners Spoon have lot in common.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v0KCoPMTdU

j_r and others, to embed YouTube, remove the "s" from "https" in the URL.

Fixed! Thank you!