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2017 album by The Shins
Heartworms
Released March 10, 2017 Recorded Nov–Dec 2013 ("So Now What"), June 2015 – June 2016
Genre
Length 41 :44
Label
Columbia
Producer
James Mercer
"Dead Alive" Released: October 26, 2016
"Name for You" Released: January 5, 2017
"Half a Million" Released: June 13, 2017
[3]
"Cherry Hearts" Released: October 31, 2017
[4]
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.
[5] It was produced by
James Mercer ,
[6] with the exception of "So Now What", which was produced by former band member
Richard Swift .
[6] The
album art is based on the Japanese
Ukiyo-e triptych
Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre .
Reception
Overall, Heartworms received positive reviews from critics. On
Metacritic , which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it has an
average score of 73, based on twenty reviews.
[7]
Accolades
Track listing
All tracks are written by
James Mercer
Title 1. "Name for You" 3:09 2. "Painting a Hole" 4:44 3. "Cherry Hearts" 3:33 4. "Fantasy Island" 4:46 5. "Mildenhall" 3:19 6. "Rubber Ballz" 3:17 7. "Half a Million" 3:23 8. "Dead Alive" 3:34 9. "Heartworms" 2:56 10. "So Now What" 3:38 11. "The Fear" 5:25
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
[17]
The Shins
James Mercer – vocals, guitar (all tracks); bass (1, 2, 7–9, 11), synthesizers (3, 4, 6, 7), percussion (5, 8),
chord organ (5, 11), ukulele, harmonica (11)
Joe Plummer – drums (1, 4, 6–10)
Yuuki Matthews – synthesizers (1–9, 11), drums (3), percussion (3, 5, 6), bass (4, 6, 10)
Mark Watrous – guitar (1, 4, 8), piano (1, 8, 9), strings (4, 11),
kalimba (4), bass synth (5), castanets (6)
Jon Sortland – drums (2)
Richard Swift – synthesizers,
Mellotron (4, 6, 10); drums (4), percussion (4, 10)
Additional musicians
Chris Funk – guitar, dulcimer (2); baritone guitar (11)
Steve Drizos – percussion (2)
Technical
James Mercer – production (1–9, 11)
Richard Swift – production (10)
Yuuki Matthews – mixing
Brian Lucey – mastering
Jacob Escobedo – artwork, design
Charts
The Worm's Heart
In December 2017, the band announced that a "flipped" version of Heartworms would be released on January 19, 2018. Titled The Worm's Heart , the follow-up album contains the same songs as Heartworms , but reinterpreted and presented in reverse-order.
[32] According to Mercer, slow songs were played faster, quiet songs louder, and vice versa.
[32]
Track listing
All tracks are written by
James Mercer
Title 1. "The Fear (Flipped)" 4:41 2. "So Now What (Flipped)" 4:18 3. "Heartworms (Flipped)" 3:09 4. "Dead Alive (Flipped)" 4:34 5. "Half a Million (Flipped)" 3:27 6. "Rubber Ballz (Flipped)" 3:30 7. "Mildenhall (Flipped)" 4:17 8. "Fantasy Island (Flipped)" 3:27 9. "Cherry Hearts (Flipped)" 2:52 10. "Painting a Hole (Flipped)" 3:10 11. "Name for You (Flipped)" 4:01
Charts
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