 Port Of Morrow (2012) [ larger cover art ] |
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Dead lungs command it.
You pour your life down the rifle's spiral
And show us you've earned it.
Cleric's fog will recede right before your eyes.
So long to this wretched form.
Them gray eyes on the subway.
Long before you were born
You were always to be a dagger floating
Straight to their heart.
"Listen now, we won't tell anyone.
But you're gonna tell the world.
Then life ain't then any fun?
Let your viscera unfurl
As you rise, rise from your burning fiat,
Go, go get my suitcase. Would you?
You've thoroughly blown their minds
And now I must have passage on the lines
To the veins from your heart."
You're not invisible, now.
You just don't exist.
Your mother must be so proud.
You sublimate yourself, granting us a wish.
Primitive mirror on the wall,
to fortify your grim resolve.
And made the glitz of a shopping mall.
Another grain of indigent salt for the sea.
Good night to these wretched forms.
All them gray eyes on the subway.
So long before you were born
you were always to be a dagger floating
straight to their heart.
| grant | Posted: May 18, 2013 - 12:33 Second time hearing this song on RP, and I am now a confirmed and committed 8 rating - this is really, really good. |
| randipoet (Ohio) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 20:48 drsteevo wrote: Do you realize there is often more than one way to describe something when using English? I saw the "rifle's spiral" as being a spinning gun on a table, like a weird Russian roulette game, and whomever it points at in the end gets it. The imagery of this song is just fantastic. |
| Minimally | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 16:16 Don't know why I like this song so much ... Close to tipping from 9 to 10. |
| dwlangham (Nowhere to be found) | Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 12:21  |
| FlatCat (Chicago) | Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 15:49 Shins/Broken Bells 3-4 time per day, and I'm not even listening all the time. What happened to "diverse assortment of songs"? Everyone in my hotel room is a little sleepy. |
| Mystery Guest (somewhere else) | Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 11:34 Fantastic live! Get out there and see this band |
| 84MacGuy (Portlandia, Oregon) | Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 11:33 This Port of Morrow album is starting to grow on me. Nice work from some of my hometown boys. |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Feb 09, 2013 - 18:33 Actually pretty freakin' AWESOME, in typically subdued and wildly enigmatic Mercer style, and it's grown on me like moss on the north side of a tree...glad to hear them continue to come up with new stuff, too! |
| pdjpirate (Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!) | Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 08:27 Pep, tight, flow, and creative as hell in the production!! Decent lyrics and upbeat music! Gets an eight!! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 16:08 I really like these guys. Don't know what it is. Unique vocals, interesting instrumentals. I just like it...feels good. |
| michaelgmitchell (Stirling, ON) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 10:13 These folks are very appealing to me. Not sure what it is. Intriguing breadth of vocals, for one thing. A big fan of them. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 19:06 This has a definitive edge to it. Like creeping on a melody or something. I like the recurring drum part and stoic bass part. Ok, I like it that's all I need to say I suppose. So far I like everything I've heard from this album. |
| tkosh (Minnesota) | Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 19:05 I just bought this CD for my God-Daughter for Xmas! (She's 41, BTW—not, like, 8) |
| Cleavose | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 17:13 WonderLizard wrote: I've been reading a lot of Alan Furst's and Olen Steinhauer's espionage mysteries lately. This language—tho' I highly doubt if Mercer at all intended this—could describe any one of their murderous operatives, some genial, some less so. If not spies, then terrorists or something less political like a disgruntled ex-employee, or disaffected student, or any other perpetrator of premeditated violence against random persons. Nice contrast with the melody, I hadn't suspected such a heavy message under the calm tune. |
| MasterMind | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 07:32 Agreed. I have always been a moderate Shins fan, but everything that I have heard off this album is very good. Honestly? That's just plain lazy listening in my book. I wasn't terribly impressed by earlier Shins albums, but this one is spectacularly good. |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 22:21 FlatCat wrote: I loved the first Shin's song I heard (on RP of course), and then every other one has sounded exactly the same. I am completely bored of the Shin's. Honestly? That's just plain lazy listening in my book. I wasn't terribly impressed by earlier Shins albums, but this one is spectacularly good. |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 07:43 Mercer hasn't lost a step, and I am still happily digging The Shins! Chutes Too Narrow and Oh, Inverted World! were on the iPod yesterday, and in there, and this, is a wit and a sound that sounds great anytime, anyplace! |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 07:40 I can't stop listening to this song ! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 05:22 Poacher wrote: Head, shoulders, knees and toes. . . knees and toes. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/heads-hands-amp-feet-mn0000953215 |
| drsteevo | Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 13:34 TerryS wrote: The rifle's spiral is called errr rifling  Do you realize there is often more than one way to describe something when using English? |
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 18:39 I've always had a soft spot for Fiat's. My mum had a Mirafiori, which my brother was lucky enough to learn to drive in, may she rust in peace (the Fiat not my mother). My first car was an X1/9 I owned it when I met my wife to be. We have some very fond memories of that car, lets just say; you don't need a back seat to have fun, but being able to remove the roof sure helps. After a few years on bikes (Duke, Kawak, Honda) a new son and grown up responsibilities saw me in a Coupe 20v. None of them ever caught fire (I know!) |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 17:14 The rifle's spiral is called errr rifling |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 17:29 adroc wrote: here here. I second your sentiments. I hear ya, brah... |
| AliGator (The Bluegrass) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 07:02 kcar wrote: Catchy. Bouncy. Fun. Yes. ("The Shins? The Shins, Bob? What's next, Elbow?")  The Head and the Heart! |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 07:12 Love this song! |
| FlatCat (Chicago) | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 12:30 I loved the first Shin's song I heard (on RP of course), and then every other one has sounded exactly the same. I am completely bored of the Shin's. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 12:29 gatorade wrote: "You're not invisible now. You just don't exist." ~Their words. "Frustration, disappointment, and sadness. Not exactly the trifecta I had in mind." ~My words. What would you prefer their lyrics be about? |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 15:08 adroc wrote: Hahaha you're hearing that correctly "as you rise from your burning Fiat". Dead lungs command it. You pour your life down the rifle’s spiral and show us you’ve earned it. The cleric’s fog will recede right before your eyes. So long to this wretched form them grey eyes on the subway. Long before you were born you were always to be a dagger floating straight to their heart. "Listen now we won’t tell anyone but you gonna tell the world. This whole life ain’t been any fun. Now your viscera unfurls as you rise from your burning Fiat and go get my suitcase. Would you? You’ve thoroughly blown their minds and now I must have passage home. Your life. Just two veins from your heart.” You’re not invisible now. You just don’t exist. Your mother must be so proud. You sublimate yourself granting us a wish. A primitive mural on the wall to fortify your grim resolve. Amid the glitz of a shopping mall. Another grain of indigent salt for the sea. Good night to these wretched forms. All them grey eyes on the subway. So long before you were born you were always to be a dagger floating straight to their heart. I've been reading a lot of Alan Furst's and Olen Steinhauer's espionage mysteries lately. This language—tho' I highly doubt if Mercer at all intended this—could describe any one of their murderous operatives, some genial, some less so. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 20:55 All them grey eyes on the subway Cheery little tune. |
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 21:21 "You're not invisible now. You just don't exist." ~Their words. "Frustration, disappointment, and sadness. Not exactly the trifecta I had in mind." ~My words. |
| adroc (slightly left of centre) | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:05 toomanyollys wrote: Every time I hear this, I see this in my mind. Perhaps I am mishearing the lyrics...  Hahaha you're hearing that correctly "as you rise from your burning Fiat". Dead lungs command it. You pour your life down the rifle’s spiral and show us you’ve earned it. The cleric’s fog will recede right before your eyes. So long to this wretched form them grey eyes on the subway. Long before you were born you were always to be a dagger floating straight to their heart. "Listen now we won’t tell anyone but you gonna tell the world. This whole life ain’t been any fun. Now your viscera unfurls as you rise from your burning Fiat and go get my suitcase. Would you? You’ve thoroughly blown their minds and now I must have passage home. Your life. Just two veins from your heart.” You’re not invisible now. You just don’t exist. Your mother must be so proud. You sublimate yourself granting us a wish. A primitive mural on the wall to fortify your grim resolve. Amid the glitz of a shopping mall. Another grain of indigent salt for the sea. Good night to these wretched forms. All them grey eyes on the subway. So long before you were born you were always to be a dagger floating straight to their heart. |
| drivingunit103 (around the 4 western provinces) | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:05 WonderLizard wrote: Head, Hands and Feet ... Dicky Betts |
| adroc (slightly left of centre) | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:04 Sasha2001 wrote: Solid first track on a terrific new album. Perhaps the entire LP isn't as edgy as Wincing, but the melodies are perhaps more catchy and the lyrics more approachable. Purists will no-doubt carp about mainstream pandering by Mercer but I think the direction he's gone in speaks to his maturation as one of the finest songwriters around. Obviously, I'm a fan. here here. I second your sentiments. |
| toomanyollys (43.360368,77.020855) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 05:59 Every time I hear this, I see this in my mind. Perhaps I am mishearing the lyrics... |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 06:30 WonderLizard wrote: Head, Hands and Feet Head, shoulders, knees and toes. . . knees and toes. |
| JWU42 | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 17:16 This album has been growing on me the last few weeks. Some personnel changes but still very likable. Thanks Bill! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 09:27 kcar wrote: Catchy. Bouncy. Fun. Yes. ("The Shins? The Shins, Bob? What's next, Elbow?") Head, Hands and Feet |
| rlr511 (Philadelphia) | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 07:57 every time i hear these guys i think they're great. A new favorite   |
| kcar | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 12:29 Catchy. Bouncy. Fun. Yes. ("The Shins? The Shins, Bob? What's next, Elbow?") |
| zipper | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 13:54 I've heard two songs from this CD, only on RP, and only while I'm working at my desk. First impression for both = plastic. Generally, they've felt like annoying background music that doesn't fit the rest of the soundtrack for the film you're watching. So, the rating of 1 up there? That's mine. |
| lagger (monterey/68/salinas,ca. U.S.) | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 13:20 Looks like Morrow Rock on the album cover. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morro_Rock |
| juanos (Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 17:24 heard their new music on NPR, including this one.. not overly impressed!! sad, becasue their previous album was fenomenal! |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 06:32 Solid first track on a terrific new album. Perhaps the entire LP isn't as edgy as Wincing, but the melodies are perhaps more catchy and the lyrics more approachable. Purists will no-doubt carp about mainstream pandering by Mercer but I think the direction he's gone in speaks to his maturation as one of the finest songwriters around. Obviously, I'm a fan. |
| jefffromwi | Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 12:08 Finally!! New Shins, can't wait to get it (and a tour to hear it live) |
| toddc | Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 12:03 gonna be a great album..keep playing |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 12:02 Yay! New Shins! |