The Shins’ sophomore album Chutes Too Narrow is turning 20 this year, and Sub Pop is celebrating the occasion with a new anniversary edition of the record. The reissue is out October 20th, 2023.
After the runaway success of their debut Oh, Inverted World, Chutes Too Narrow proved The Shins were here to stay. It was recorded in frontman James Mercer’s basement home studio and finished with a little mixing help from Phil Ek; its remaster was handled by Adam Ayan, though Mercer kept a close eye on the process.
“I was very aware at the time that I had struck gold with the first record, and it was unlikely to happen again,” Mercer recalls in a press release. “’Sophomore slump’ and all that. The pressure to prove myself as a viable writer had never been so pronounced. Midway through the mixing process, I realized one of the songs would not work,...
After the runaway success of their debut Oh, Inverted World, Chutes Too Narrow proved The Shins were here to stay. It was recorded in frontman James Mercer’s basement home studio and finished with a little mixing help from Phil Ek; its remaster was handled by Adam Ayan, though Mercer kept a close eye on the process.
“I was very aware at the time that I had struck gold with the first record, and it was unlikely to happen again,” Mercer recalls in a press release. “’Sophomore slump’ and all that. The pressure to prove myself as a viable writer had never been so pronounced. Midway through the mixing process, I realized one of the songs would not work,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
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