It's been five years since The Shins' last album, Wincing the Night Away, completed a remarkable run for the band by introducing darker, new-wave leanings to its evolving sound. That gold-selling ...

James Mercer writes deliciously simple pop songs that keep fans coming back always hungry for more. “Simple Song,” a standout hit from 2012’s “Port of Morrow,” exemplifies that hunger in a perfectly ...

The Shins were one of the preeminent pop acts of the '00s, often mentioned as flirting with becoming their decade's version of R.E.M. or Pavement. Frontman James Mercer began the writing of the band's ...