Black Wave

The track was recorded for Wincing the Night Away with James Mercer, Dave Hernandez, Marty Crandall and Jesse Sandoval. The album was made mainly in Mercer home studio in Portland, Oregon, with Mercer and Joe Chiccarelli producing. Released on Wincing the Night Away in 2007, it formed part of the album that took the Shins to a wider commercial audience after Chutes Too Narrow. The record debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and confirmed the band as one of Sub Pop major 2000s successes. It remains a notable deep cut from the Shins breakthrough commercial period. The track shows the darker and more studio layered direction that shaped Wincing the Night Away.