Blog: Stereogum

This is the second of that pair of new songs that the Shins are performing with their revamped lineup these days. The first was " Double Bubble ," which Mercer described to us as a new wave sort of thing; together he says "they're just a bit more rhythmic and "about the percussion" than the Shins previous incarnation. That said, "The Rifle's Spiral" doesn't sound very different from Shins past, just with chords being jabbed instead of strummed. Anyway you don't have to feel too badly if you prefer these Joe Plummer's beats to Jesse Sandoval's, because Jesse [...]