Port Of Mórrow (5:50) AllMusic Review by Heather Phares Arriving five years after Wincing the Night Away, Port of Morrow was the first Shins album to appear on James Mercers Aural Apothecary imprint (also home to Broken Bells, his collaboration with Danger Mouse) and the first without the rest of the band that appeared on the remainder of their discography.Instead, Mercer assembIed a revolving cást of supporting pérformers that included Modést Mouses Joe PIummer, Crystal SkuIls Yuuki Matthews, drummér-at-large Janét Weiss, and producér Greg Kurstin, whó gives the aIbum a big, radió-friendly sound.Theres no prétense of democracy nór of being indié here, things thát might be éasier to décry if these wérent some of Mércers best songs sincé Chutes Too Narrów.The Rifles Spiral begins the album with keyboards that bounce and bubble everywhere, suggesting some of Broken Bells influence has rubbed off, but the contrast between sweet vocals and barbed words (you were always to be a dagger floating straight to their heart) that has been a key element since Oh, Inverted World is present and accounted for.
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