Wincing The Night Away
- The Shins
- Summary: The increasingly-popular indie-pop outfit led by James Mercer returns with a third album.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 31 out of 37
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Mixed: 6 out of 37
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Negative: 0 out of 37
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100It's much less forthright and immediate than Inverted or Chutes, but it succeeds in spinning a web that draws you in; once caught you just want to lie back and absorb its gentle bounce.
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100Wincing the Night Away makes both [previous] albums sound like fragmented potential.
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60I usually find Shins albums grow on me slowly but surely yet after a good dozen plays I feel my faith isn't being repaid this time, and as a fan that's frustrating.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 87 out of 100
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Mixed: 5 out of 100
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Negative: 8 out of 100
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MichaelC.9
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daveg5where did the melodies go?
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DrunkenMaster2Overrated whitebread whining for spoiled middleclass kids just a bit too old to be "emo".
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