The Airportline: Observations

How many albums by 13 (The Shins) do you own?
All of them. Back in May I listened to Chutes Too Narrow (where this songs i taken from) again in a car going from Spreewald to Berlin while watching the clouds of a thunder storm in the distance. A wonderful pop album and James Mercer's lyrics never ceases to amaze me, rightfully seen as one of the best lyricists in modern pop music. The Shins are one of the most important band in the transition of indie music from something only The Smiths t-shirt wearing nerds with a hate for team sports listened to into everyone’s favorite music genre. The movie Garden State of course also had a major role to play in their coming to fame. I haven't listened a lot of this band during the past year but they sure know how to craft their pop numbers.