The SHINS, Chutes Too Narrow - 38m 47s

Tracks & Durations

1. Kissing the Lipless	3:19
2. Mine's Not A High Horse	3:20
3. So Says I	2:48
4. Young Pilgrims	2:47
5. Saint Simon	4:25
6. Fighting In a Sack	2:26
7. Pink Bullets	3:53
8. Turn a Square	3:11
9. Gone For Good	3:13
10. Those to Come	4:54
11. Mild Child	4:24

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Review

The Shins' sophomore album is a joy from start to finish, though it's rather different from their 2001 leftfield pop genius stunner Oh, Inverted World. That album was like a warm embrace from a long-lost pal. True to its title, all of the songs were of a piece, seeming to inhabit one landscape, with an invitingly similar sound throughout. Chutes is more far-reaching and decidedly eclectic. Each song is essentially its own genre exercise. There's singer-songwriter James Mercer's surprisingly Perry Farrell-ish wail on the almost indie-metal opener, "Kissing the Lipless"; the lovely pedal steel lilt to "Gone for Good"; the moody folktronica of "Those to Come"; and the Cars-gone-rockabilly riffing on "Turn a Square." The strongest song, the acoustic "Young Pilgrims," is stripped-down and brilliant. On every tune, Mercer packs more hooks and melodic invention than most bands do on one album. As a whole, it's an even better record than Inverted World. --Mike McGonigal

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