Oh, Inverted World is the debut studio album by American indie rock band The Shins, released on June 19, 2001 to critical acclaim. Omnibus Records put out an initial run of vinyl distributed by Darla. Sub Pop Records reprinted the vinyl, but the Sub Pop logo only appears on later pressings. Oh, Inverted World is the debut studio album by American indie rock band The Shins, released on June 19, 2001 to critical acclaim. Omnibus Records put out an initial run of vinyl distributed by Darla. Sub Pop Records reprinted the vinyl, but the Sub Pop logo only appears on later pressings. false 2022-11-13 07:31:34 Oh, Inverted World 7.8 2005 2005-06-20 2005-06-20 34 Indie Pop Indie Rock 112105 2116307 8db3ef82-b784-464d-bf7a-3bc229b8f2f5 6c8b9855-ba8b-48f9-ac1d-42167f7f7b18 970604f0-59e8-36d0-922f-0b7459192c9b /media/data/media4/Music/The Shins/Oh, Inverted World (2001)/folder.jpg The Shins AlbumArtist The Shins Artist The Shins The Shins 1 Caring Is Creepy 03:19 2 One by One All Day 04:08 3 Weird Divide 01:58 4 Know Your Onion! 02:29 5 Girl Inform Me 02:20 6 New Slang 03:50 7 The Celibate Life 01:50 8 Girl on the Wing 02:50 9 Your Algebra 02:23 10 Pressed in a Book 02:54 11 The Past and Pending 05:25 The Shins is an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's current line-up consists of Mercer, alongside Yuuki Matthews (bass, keyboards), Mark Watrous (guitar, keyboards, lap steel), Patti King (keyboards), and Jon Sortland (drums). They are based in Portland, Oregon. The band was formed by Mercer as a side project to Flake Music, who were active from 1992 to 1999. Flake Music released two 7-inch singles and a full-length album, When You Land Here It's Time to Return, on Omnibus Records and were touring with Modest Mouse when the Shins became signed to Sub Pop Records. The Shins' first two records, Oh, Inverted World (2001) and Chutes Too Narrow (2003), performed well commercially and received critical acclaim. The single "New Slang" brought the band to mainstream attention when it was featured in the 2004 film Garden State. Consequently, the band's third album, Wincing the Night Away (2007), was a major success for the group, peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 and earning a Grammy Award nomination. Following this, the Shins signed to Columbia Records and Mercer parted ways with the entire original lineup, deeming it "an aesthetic decision". Following a near five-year hiatus, Port of Morrow, the band's fourth studio album, was released in 2012. Their fifth album, Heartworms, was released in March 2017.