![]() Wincing the Night Away (2007) [ larger cover art ] |
Foals in winter coats, white girls of the north
File past one, five and one
They are the fabled lambs of Sunday ham
The E.H.S. norm
And they can float above the grass in circles if they tried
A latent power I know they hide
To keep some hope alive that a girl like I could ever try
Could ever try
So we just skirt the hallway sides
A phantom and a fly
Follow the lines and wonder why
There's no connection
A week of rolling eyes and cheap shots from the trite
And we're off to Nemarca's porch again
Another afternoon with the goat head tunes
And pilfered booze
We wandered through her mama's house and the milk from the window lights
Family portraits circa '95
This is that foreign land with the sprayed on tans
And it all feels fine, be it silk or slime
So when they tap our Monday heads, two zombies walk in our stead
This town seems hardly worth the time
And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme, too far along in our climb
Stepping over what now towers to the sky with no connection
So when they tap my Sunday head, two zombies walk in our stead
This town seems hardly worth the time
And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme, too far along in our climb
Stepping over what now towers to the sky with no connection
| MassivRuss (The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - God Save It!) | Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 11:36 |
| wossName (Earth) | Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 02:37 I have to stop buying music I hear on Radio Paradise. I had just finished listening to this album when I turned RP on...playing this song. |
| juanos (Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 08:19 this is the perfect kind of song for my brain no to explode this morning... |
| drsteevo (Location Location) | Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 07:06 Great song from a truly remarkable album. |
| ziakut (Albeit In The Meantime) | Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 07:46 Pure genius pop! Agree with earlier comments that this just doesn't get old. Love it! |
| Matron (UK) | Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 04:06 Love this song! |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 09:14 Endless Joy. Never old!! |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 01:57 Love this song. |
| SchoepTone (Duke City) | Posted: Jan 11, 2012 - 14:58 Agreed! Breaking Bad doesn't quite paint the rosiest picture of the Duke City, but there's a lot here to like about it - Shins being one. justin_thyme wrote: And they got their start in Albuquerque, one of the best (and much under-appreciated) cities in the lower 48. Bravo, muchachos! |
| jt1 | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 07:46 Santa didn't buy me this album for Christmas...I think I'll have to go and buy it for myself! |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 07:45 I bought this CD. Hate it. Who wants it?? PM me. the best reason gets it. I pay mailing. |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jan 16, 2011 - 15:53 It's happened to me too! Govi wrote: Is it like this for you? There are bleak places in the RP playlist, places in which I find I like none of the songs. When I go to rate the songs, I find that I've already rated them. And I agree with my past self. |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jan 16, 2011 - 15:52 I listen to this song limitlessly. Countless blissful listens!!!! Magic joy. The CD is one of the Best All Time. |
| Romulus | Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 06:51 One of my favorite bands. |
| Giselle62 (California's Cental Coast) | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:36 Thistle wrote: Okay I think these guys are border-line genius. I haven't heard anything bad from them yet. Ditto. Most of the time, at first, I would always pop my head up to see who it was when I was thinking "this is good." Now, I know it's always gonna be them. This song is their "worst" song for me so far. |
| justin_thyme (Windward O`ahu, Hawai`i) | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:32 rdo wrote: I agree, except I'll won't qualify it, they are genius. And they got their start in Albuquerque, one of the best (and much under-appreciated) cities in the lower 48. Bravo, muchachos! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 13:05 Thistle wrote: Okay I think these guys are border-line genius. I haven't heard anything bad from them yet. I agree, except I'll won't qualify it, they are genius. |
| Thistle (Peg City) | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 13:22 Okay I think these guys are border-line genius. I haven't heard anything bad from them yet. |
| Govi (Left Coast) | Posted: May 25, 2009 - 08:23 Is it like this for you? There are bleak places in the RP playlist, places in which I find I like none of the songs. When I go to rate the songs, I find that I've already rated them. And I agree with my past self. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Dec 19, 2008 - 16:57 I actually thought this was the Beach Boys at first. So far, from what I've heard from this CD (all hail RP |
| cmrump (Flatland) | Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 06:52 vandal wrote: 9 Did same today; perhaps because I haven't heard it in a while and now am rewinding it over and over and over and ... |
| gandalfbmg (3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 06:43 Sounds so much better now on the headphones after a little distance from the staticy overplaying on FM of last year... |
| wrangler (cliffside park, nj) | Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 06:42 eastcoast wrote: This album gets a lot of airplay but I just can't connect with this band same here. "there's no connection" - ha. his voice is nails on a chalkboard for me. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 21:34 9 |
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: Dec 06, 2007 - 02:20 Sure this is 10! |
| winter (in exile, as always) | Posted: Oct 04, 2007 - 06:57 rocco1207 wrote: one of the best of 2007.... so far...
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| mattt (Undisclosed Location) | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 08:54 Okay, Bill needs to stop playing great music for a minute so I can go get some lunch! |
| eastcoast | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 08:53 This album gets a lot of airplay but I just can't connect with this band |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 04:04 I bought ths CD on the strength of the song " black wave", but it's disappointing really |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Aug 02, 2007 - 10:25 ![]() |
| rocco1207 ("the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat") | Posted: Aug 02, 2007 - 10:23 one of the best of 2007.... so far... |
| OldFrenchie (Frozen wastes of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) | Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 16:03 SomeOldGuy wrote: Like the Shins, hate this song. Sounds like a Beach Boy's reunion...
Agreed. |
| justin4kick | Posted: Jul 15, 2007 - 05:51 Went to their concert in Paradiso Amsterdam. I thought they were brilliant although the sound was shit. Imagine all of the audience singing ohhoooooohoohooooohoo. |
| inindian (Victor to Port) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 10:07 squidish wrote: Love that crayz pic. Slap that phantom limb and...bingo |
| heyjoe3577 (Seattle) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 10:02 bcorcoran wrote: Can we get someone to delete that huge comment? Please?
I 2nd that request! |
| bcorcoran (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 09:59 Can we get someone to delete that huge comment? Please? |
| themotion (acrobatic nonsense) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 09:59 bokey wrote: Me either. That's probably because I always start googling for teenage lesbians and miss the song. i second that. |
| mindless (Auckland City, New Zealand) | Posted: Jul 01, 2007 - 21:36 Like it. |
| ranwulf (Richmond, Vee Aye) | Posted: Jul 01, 2007 - 21:35 Pltzzzz. |
| megas08 (Sweden, Linköping) | Posted: Jun 09, 2007 - 21:43 I feel the same. There is nothing good about this song. And I feel a strong aversion. shakitten wrote: I have the same reaction...it's weird, actually. It's just like everything in me just goes, "Meh!" I like other songs by the Shins...but this tune just gets me. |
| shakitten | Posted: Jun 09, 2007 - 21:36 FeydBaron wrote: I have a fairly strong yet unreasonable negative reaction to this song...
I usually have it changed / turned off after the first two tones. It's inevitable, but it's a shame that happens on the local what's pop station as well as here. I have the same reaction...it's weird, actually. It's just like everything in me just goes, "Meh!" I like other songs by the Shins...but this tune just gets me. |
| squidish (under the sea) | Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 17:32 ![]() |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jun 03, 2007 - 06:07 Its the key change on the soaring chorus that gets me !! |
| sans (Philly) | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 13:55 whoa, whoa oh, whoa oh... so much more inspired emo pop out there. |
| FeydBaron (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 13:53 I have a fairly strong yet unreasonable negative reaction to this song... I usually have it changed / turned off after the first two tones. It's inevitable, but it's a shame that happens on the local what's pop station as well as here. |
| slugore (I'm at my desk.... really, I am. And I'm working.) | Posted: May 29, 2007 - 07:27 This band is really growing on me. I find myself head dancing and tapping my toes more often as they come on. RP has done it again. Now I need to spend more money on music... will I ever be able to afford that jetcar? |
| electronicshaman (miskatonic) | Posted: May 28, 2007 - 17:50 overplayed uninspired must be the shins again... |
| RobK (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: May 21, 2007 - 22:06 SomeOldGuy wrote: Like the Shins, hate this song. Sounds like a Beach Boy's reunion...
Love the song, like The Shins. |
| bokey (Wastin' away in Filialdutyville) | Posted: May 19, 2007 - 21:35 didstanbul wrote: I know a lot of people are raving about The Shins, but I just can't seem to get (into) it. At least this song.
Me either. That's probably because I always start googling for teenage lesbians and miss the song. |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:18 cc_rider wrote: Ha, I commented on that the other day, when Bella (?) was begging to go out. Too funny. That's another thing that makes RP special.
I know The Shins are the hot shizzle right now, and I DO like this song, but does it seem a bit over-played? Not so much on RP but everywhere? Maybe it's me (it has been before.) c. For those of us who rarely/never listen to commercial radio overplaying hasn't been a problem. |

