The Shins – Sea Legs (2007)

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Owing to the very high standards of their first two albums Oh, Inverted World and Chutes Too Narrow, there was some hefty critical reception awaiting their third. The band decided to diversify away from their established sound, and no more so on ‘Sea Legs’. Its funky bassline would not be out of place on a hip hop track. “Throw all consequence aside In a cheerless pyre that we will set alight”. The song and lyric appear on 2007 LP Wincing Tbe Night Away.