wincing your night away

Sub Pop darlings The Shins have announced some tour dates! Sweeeeet.

02-08 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
02-09 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
02-10 Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
02-11 St. Louis, MO - The Pagent
02-12 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
02-13 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
02-15 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
02-16 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
02-20 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater
02-21 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
02-25 London, England - The Astoria

Also, they will be performing on Saturday Night Live on January 13. Too bad SNL sucks. Can someone TIVO this for me, please?

The new album, Wincing The Night Away, is to be released on January 23. Pre-order it from Sub Pop. Or Insound. The album is fan-fucking-tastic!

Are you wondering what I'm listening to right now? Well, I'm listening to this:

Yeah, that's right, bitch.

Safety In Speed (feat. Craig Finn - fuck yeah!!)

I've only walked out on one single movie
It was an action adventure
It was a blood-sucking summer

And the posters in the lobby of the theater called it Predator
I called it weak and unwatchable
Carl Weathers and two future governers
You know, that's really unacceptable

We gotta stop falling for these double speakers from the double features
We gotta keep 'em in the theaters

So put your head up to the speakers
This is what it's like to stop talking and finally hear me

It's not concern you're itchin' to burn
I know you're dying to know
Homie I'm dying to listen and learn

So put your head up to the headphones
This is what it's like to drown out the psychos

I'm concerned you're itchin' to burn
I know you're dying to do it
But homie you gotta see how it's done

So put your gun in the shoebox
Put the box in the back of your closet and close the door

Between the kegs and the Maiden CD
I think this party's got about as much heavy metal as it's gonna need

So put your head up to the speakers
This is what it's like to stop talking and finally hear me

See we ain't got time to bleed
We hit the highways and skating on thin ice Mercedes in the street

You ever feel like you're being tricked, tricked-out, dipped, dicked around with
Or flat-out lied to?
Welcome to Hollywood, D.C., where Reagan youth grew up cowboys off Ronnie's westerns
That shoot 'em up, and steal the bucks
Tell em what's love and giddy-up, yeah off into the sunset

Years later we watched The Running Man and 2 of em ran and 1
Too star-struck to stick with the plan, huh?
I shoulda switched to Marlboros
Them cowboy killers
'Cause cowboy's are killing Camel Lights

Some mustached punk that evil Jafar
But for a middle eastern guy
I think Aladdin looked kinda white

We open wide and catch a bite of villain image
We swallow it, and feed it to the kids if the song's alright
It’s just the way it be, eyes wide shut up
And sit down, put your hands up for your turn to speak

Put your head up to the speakers
This is what it's like to stop talking and finally hear me

It's not concern you're itchin' to burn
I know you're dying to know
Homie I'm dying to listen and learn

So put your head up to the headphones
This is what it's like when you drown out all the psychos

I'm concerned you're itchin' to burn
I know you're dying to do it
But homie you gotta see how it's done

So put the gun in the shoebox
Put the box in the back of your closet and close the door

Between the kegs and the Maiden CD
I think this party's got about as much heavy metal as it's gonna need

Put your head right up to the speakers
You know, this is what it feels like when you stop talking and hear me

We ain't got time to bleed
We hit the highways and skating on thin ice Mercedes in the street

I got my Nikon
Let’s get our knife on
And get a couple snapshots of a bad move

Can you turn the light on
'Cause I forgot the flash
Want these proofs to prove what not to do