I’m sitting in the 14th St. train station last night reading a book and I look up to find this girl staring at me.  As our eyes meet they linger for a moment, and then she shifts her stare a bit and focuses on the advertisement next to me.  I continue to hold my stare, if anything just to see what she does.  At first it was a defiant stare (yeah bitch, I saw you lookin’ at me, what?), then intrigue (wait, you’re kind of cute), then despair (why won’t you look back at me?).  I broke my stare and tried to return to my book, my pride lost to a fucking subway advertisement in a matter of less than 3 minutes.

I was going to send the new shins today, but I honestly think it kind of blows.  If you guys REALLY want to check it out let me know and I’ll send it tomorrow.

These tracks came out in 2005-06, but I don’t feel like these guys got the attention they deserved.  Released on Anticon, home to Sole, Alias, and 13 and God.  It’s another one of those ‘awkward’ albums, but more in that stupid awkward way.   I think pop matters summed it up by saying “In an era where the increasing commercial viability of indie has all too many artists playing it safe, Yoni Wolf and his backing band continue to take risks….that uncommon combination of audacity and delight.”  Ok, its not great, but its kind of fun.

http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/02%20Cold%20Lunch.mp3

http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/Why_Rubber%20Traits_01_Rubber%20Traits.mp3

http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/29%20Darla.mp3

http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/02%20Cold%20Lunch.mp3

http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/22%20Bad%20Entropy.mp3

-mark

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