the shins hail from albuquerque, new mexico, and began in 1997 as a side project for james mercer, whose primary band was Flake Music. after about a year recording with the shins, flake music came to an end. ultimately, the movie garden state gave the shins huge popularity with the hit 'new slang,' but i won't bore you with hearing that tune again so here's another one off that first record.
know your onion!
by the shins - (official | subpop!)
