The Shins Announce New LP Heartworms, Offer Second Single

As could’ve been expected, especially when the Shins released the kooky and spooky “Dead Alive” back in October and promised new music in August, James Mercer and crew officially have a new album on the way.

Heartworms, the band’s fifth LP, is the first offering from the Shins since 2012’s “bright and stunning” Port of Morrow. “Dead Alive” appears on Heartworms, along with 10 other tracks, including the easy-moving, luxuriously chiming second single, “Name for You.” “Have you really got room in your life?” Mercer wonders aloud in that unmistakable and exuberant voice of his. If it’s another Shins album, there’s certainly more room in our lives.

Check out the song below, as well as the tracklist and album art for Heartworms, which drops March 10 via Columbia. You can pre-order the album here.

Heartworms Tracklist:

01. Name for You
02. Painting a Hole
03. Cherry Hearts
04. Fantasy Island
05. Mildenhall
06. Rubber Ballz
07. Half a Million
08. Dead Alive
09. Heartworms
10. So Now What
11. The Fear