The Shins – Oh, Inverted World

I prefer the digital version in some ways, (this is a little muddier on certain songs on my system) but it's always interesting to hear new sounds in a record you've loved for a couple of decades, and the pressing and packaging couldn't be more gorgeous.

This is a remaster I’ve been waiting for because the original songs were made so long ago in such a lofi manner that some of the instruments weren’t shining through the mix. For example Pressed In A Book used to be very washed out and now the ride cymbal and drumstick sound is much more present. This album has an atmosphere which would’ve been easy to fuck up with remastering and somehow it still retains that yet many instruments are present which I didn’t not hear as clearly in the past….thanks Sub Pop

I compared this remastered pressing to my original black one (The Shins - Oh, Inverted World). At first I thought they are very similar, but this remaster does offer something more than the original. The original is really good, with solid bass and clarity, but I thought this new remaster is more transparent, and bit more soulful. Hard to describe, but to my ears it was an improvement. Very happy with this purchase, and I'm keeping this one.

Kinda disappointed in this pressing. Songs are great and all, the album is a classic. My copy has a decent amount of surface noise and the sound is kind of flat. Guess that fits with the low-fi roots and all but not sure what this brings to the table over a high quality stream. Looks beautiful and a really solid package otherwise.

anybody else's copy crazy warped? I'm on my second second record straight from Subpop and both are heavily warped....

grabbed a copy today.. had two shins stickers inside a secondary sleeve. Bonus!

Only ever had digital version before. This is definitely not muddy sounding. I hear colors I never knew were there.

Doesn't sound as good as my yellow Zia exclusive pressing, which is sadly the only comp I can make now. It's a bit fuller with a higher volume floor, but as a result it sounds a little more muddled than I would like. If you cut your teeth on this record through digital and/or CD, the mix has a lot more in common with those than it does with earlier vinyl pressings. Depends on your taste whether that's a good or bad thing.

Really enjoying this pressing of a twee classic. Whenever I seem to think I'll get tired of another playback, the fatigue never comes.

“First pressing on colored vinyl”

In best Dwight Schrute voice: “False. There have been many color variants releases”