Shins
Are the Shins the next Nirvana? I find that hard to believe but the WSJ doesn’t.
And while the Shins’ debut album, “Oh, Inverted World,” only shipped 2,700 copies in its first week, “Wincing the Night Away” shipped an impressive 250,000 copies. The album also debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts, selling 118,000 copies in its first week — a huge commercial breakthrough for a previously low-profile act. (Before that, the highest the Shins had been on the album charts was No. 86.)
Third album is good but I would say their second album was better. Time will tell if they become a classic alternative radio staple like Nirvana’s Nevermind.