Listen to The Shins New Song

I am excited. For those of you that haven't heard the new single from the Shins, steer on over to this "Simple Song" minisite to take a gander. The HTML5 reel-to-reel player is actually a super impressive heap of code. The volume knob works, the meters jump with the music, and the tape reels transfer sides as the song progresses.

This is a good track, not stellar, but a strong showing. It is missing the depth and bliss of say "New Slang", or "Celibate Life". Still, I am excited for the new album because if it is anything like the following gems, we are in for treats.

New Slang

Celibate Life

Pink Bullets

So Says I

Kissing the Lipless

Divulgence VII: Things that give me anxiety (a non-exhaustive list)

• Commercials about people with IRS debt even though I have never had IRS debt
  
• Star Wars 3D
• Opening the mail
• Sitting with my back to an open room
• Twitter
• Rich people
  
• Waiting for wellsfargo.com to load
• The slurping sound my straw makes indicating that my soda has run out
  
• Looking at my moles
  
• Movies about a strange and rare disease that I will most definitely not be one of the few immune to
  
• Driving at night
  
• A new semester
• The exact moment when my teacher hands back a graded paper
• Hearing noises when I drive my car
• Thinking I hear noises when I drive my car
  
• Missing my exit
  
• Missing calls from unknown numbers
• Voicemails
  
• The idea of having to work for a Chinese factory in the future when America dies
  
• Sad looking senior citizens
• Not arriving at least 30 minutes early to a movie
• Not sitting in the back row of a movie theater
• Prog rock...I know I should like it, but I just can't
• Small talk
• Learning of people’s occupational successes if they are younger than me
• Talking between stalls in public restrooms
• Self-checkout lanes
  
• The weight of my keys
  
• The child size hand print on my plasma TV
  
• Low batteries
• George Lucas