1001 Albums Summary

I wasn’t really familiar with David Allan Coe before this. Cool listen for sure!

Perfect in every way! And this was their third perfect album in a row. These early Shins albums couldn’t exist without the likes of Pet Sounds, but isn’t it fun to hear a direct influence of amazing albums on other amazing albums? Even though I’m the perfect target audience for this (was a teenager when it came out, grew up in the land of Sub Pop…), I’m still convinced this is just as great and fresh now as it was then.

At times this gave me Pretenders vibes, at other times it gave me your aunt’s cover band vibes. Maybe this is because they’re Swedish, but the over pronunciation of everything bothered me. I don’t need to understand every single word on the first listen of any album. It reminds me of musical theater or Donald Fagen, neither of which I’m happy with. But honestly, I might be being a bitch. This album is really alright.