Oh, Inverted World

Oh, Inverted World is the debut album of American indie - pop band The Shins. The title derives from a line from the song " One by one all day" off.

Formation

The first songs of the album came from 1998. Bassist Dave Hernandez left the band during which over the years 2000 and 2001 extending shots and was replaced by Neal Langford, of the already in Flake Music, which was founded in 1992 musical core of The Shins, to guitar worked. The album was produced by the band itself.

Title list

Occupation

The Shins:

• James Mercer: vocals, guitar
• Jessie Sandovel: Drums
• Marty Crandall: Keyboards
• Dave Hernandez: Bass
• Neal Langford: Bass

Guest musicians:

• Melanie Crandall: Cello in Your Algebra
• Neil Galloway: Horn of The Past and Pending

Reception

Heather Phares of Allmusic considers the album a vivid portrait of independent culture ( "the vivid portrait it painted of indie culture" ) and represents Mercer's very well-read texts ( "hyper - literate lyrics" ) out.

Ryan Kearney from Pitchfork Media compares Mercer's voice in Caring is Creepy by Jeremy Enigk (Sunny Day Real Estate ) and the folky New Slang with the songs of Simon & Garfunkel.

One by one all day was for the 2003's movie A Guy Thing by Chris Koch, for the Mark Mothersbaugh composed the music used. The songs Caring is Creepy and New Slang were used by director Zach Braff for the soundtrack of his feature film Garden State in 2004.