- indie rock
- 42 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.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Spare, character-led, classical in form and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
What critics gave it
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 ★
As listed in the ratings box of Wikipedia’s article (CC BY-SA). Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
Tracks
- 1Name for You3:09
- 2Painting a Hole4:44
- 3Cherry Hearts3:33
- 4Fantasy Island4:47
- 5Mildenhall3:20
- 6Rubber Ballz3:17
- 7Half a Million3:23
- 8Dead Alive3:34
- 9Heartworms2:57
- 10So Now What3:38
- 11The Fear5:26
11 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Shins
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- March 10, 2017
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- Both spare, classical in form, character-led.
- Codes and Keys 201192% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, character-led.
- Wincing the Night Away 200789% alikeBoth spare, character-led, classical in form.
- Both spare, character-led, contemporary.
- Thank You for Today 201888% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, character-led.
- Plans 200588% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, character-led.
- Kintsugi 201588% alikeBoth spare, character-led, contemporary.
- Cease to Begin 200788% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, character-led.
Murmuration 201678% alikeBook · Both contemporary, spare, classical in form.- Book · Both spare, contemporary, classical in form.