Song of the week- 4/5/08

This week, I give you "Australia" by the Shins.

Most people have heard of the Shins through Garden State starring Natalie Portman and Zach Braff. Since then, the Shins have kept on soldiering on. "Australia" is off their current album Wincing the Night Away. What marks this song? Well let me tell you: first, there's the volume of hooks that are in this song. Can you think of this song after hearing it without saying "la la la" to yourself? The instrumentation of the song is not a usual one for a pop song with things like banjo, vibraphone, and mandolin creeping in on the back. The form and structure of the song is unique for a pop song as well. It has no true chorus but has a kind of a refrain that ends each verse. Despite these pop oddities, it's a very, very good pop song in its own right.

That's all for this song, enjoy.