indie rock 41 min 11 tracks Columbia
Heartworms is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Shins, released by Columbia Records on March 10, 2017—the band's first studio album in five years. It was produced by James Mercer, with the exception of "So Now What", which was produced by former band member Richard Swift. The album art is based on the Japanese Ukiyo-e triptych Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, character-led and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 73/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB
- Drowned In Sound8/10
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Independent4/5 ★
- MusicOMH4/5 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- Paste7.1/10
- Pitchfork7.6/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Fear (Flipped)4:41
- 2So Now What (Flipped)4:18
- 3Heartworms (Flipped)3:09
- 4Dead Alive (Flipped)4:34
- 5Half a Million (Flipped)3:27
- 6Rubber Ballz (Flipped)3:30
- 7Mildenhall (Flipped)4:17
- 8Fantasy Island (Flipped)3:27
- 9Cherry Hearts (Flipped)2:52
- 10Painting a Hole (Flipped)3:10
- 11Name For You (Flipped)4:01
11 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Shins
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- January 19, 2018
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- CA
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