“Mercer is a consistently compelling songwriter, which is a positive way of saying he is predictable. He falls into a similar category as Rufus Wainwright, Bjork, and Britt Daniel of Spoon, among many others: his menu of rhythms and melodies is limited, but something about the quality of his voice and the effortlessness of his playing keeps that from mattering. “Simple Song” is like a Frankenstein’s monster of past Shins songs: the melody of the chorus is an echo of the chorus from “Gone for Good” (itself a peppier, higher octave mold of the melody from the bridge to ”Young Pilgrims”), and the girl-group rhythm was done before on “Turn on Me” and “Phantom Limb.”
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