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Heartworms
Rock · 2017 · 11 tracks · 41m

Heartworms

The Shins

A kaleidoscopic blend of synth-heavy pop and intimate folk storytelling. James Mercer trades his guitar for a synthesizer without losing his gift for melody.

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It's like James Mercer took his 60s pop obsession and threw it into a high-def synthesizer blender.

A bright, technicolor exploration of memory and domesticity with a restless electronic pulse.

Heartworms · vs · The Shins
Sunday Morning+3.2σ

Sunday Morning saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 41m
01
Name for You
3:09
02
Painting a Hole
4:44
03
Cherry Hearts
3:33
04
Fantasy Island
4:47
05
Mildenhall
3:20
06
Rubber Ballz
3:17
07
Half a Million
3:23
08
Dead Alive
3:34
09
Heartworms
2:57
10
So Now What
3:38
11
The Fear
5:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the jittery electronic pulse of Cherry Hearts into the wide-open acoustic space of Fantasy Island
The way the drums snap into a crisp, dry groove on Mildenhall as the lyrics recount a rainy English childhood
The sudden, lush orchestral swell that closes out The Fear, grounding the album's electronic experimentation in classic chamber pop
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