Kissing The Lipless (track)
by The Shins
Year: 2003
From the album Chutes Too Narrow (track #1)
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Kissing The Lipless appears on the following album(s) by The Shins:
- Chutes Too Narrow (track #1) (this album) (2003)
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| ! | 06/03/2026 01:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,163 | 71/100 |
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Clappy happy beginning then acoustic guitar, nice harmonies suddenly twanging guitar, intermittent drum now were underway, driving beat, fuzzy guitar, soaring vocals. Whoa this is good. Slowing down, quieter ending - yet full of interest.
Great opener
pearljammer13 11/28/2011 23:58 | #31616
God I love The Shins. When I pop this cd in and this song kicks it off, I just smile. Kind of weird but thats how in love with it I am.
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