The Shins have teased a few more seconds of new music.
It’s arrived on Instagram with the equally short caption ‘King Puffin #shinstagram’ as the band press on with recording material which was first mooted just before Christmas when their label Columbia sent out an email to fans which read:
“Happy Holidays from The Shins. New year, new music!”
Right from their 2001 debut ‘Oh, Inverted World‘ The Shins have been one of the most revered of US indie exports, continuing that early acclaim on Sub Pop with 2003’s ‘Chutes Too Narrow‘ and persuading a more mainstream audience get on board with ‘Wincing The Night Away‘, which peaked at #2 in the US in 2007.
They were most recently active in 2012 and ‘Port Of Morrow‘, while frontman James Mercer has been lavished with similar praise thanks to his collaboration with producer Danger Mouse on two Broken Bells albums.
