SHINS - Chutes Too Narrow (20th Anniversary) LP post-hardcore jittery energy at odds with

jittery energy at odds with its metrical cowboy strut

This is evident on tracks like “FML” or the amazing closer “Cheap Glue

Kim Shattuck writes another batch of pop melodies that gracefully surf on the waves of her loud guitar and screams her brains out some more about dirtbag guys

Glass is the band’s first long-play record)

and since I’d just started to learn to play the guitar

SHINS - Chutes Too Narrow (20th Anniversary) LP post-hardcore jittery energy at odds withRemastered. Housed in die cut sleeve. Looking back on indie rock of the noughts, we think this easily holds up among the very best the decade genre has to offer (along with Illinois, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and a handful of others). This isn't an ambitious concept piece or a radical deconstruction or anything. It's just ten exceptional songs with perfect melodies, perfect arrangements, and perfect lyrics. One must admire how nimbly Chutes Too Narrow