The Shins – review

HMV Forum, LondonIn the five years since the Shins released their last album, Wincing the Night Away, Sub Pop's most successful group has seen out its contract and shed almost all its personnel.Sole survivor, singer and guitarist James Mercer also owns the band's new label and, wearing rolled-up shirt sleeves and a determined expression at the centre of the stage, looks every inch the college rocker in control. But as the first jangly chord of Kissing the Lipless rings out, it's apparent that Me...

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