
The Shins drop alternate version of last year's "Dead Alive"
05 January 2018, 11:23
| Written by
Laurence Day
The Shins have shared "Dead Alive (Flipped)", a new version of their Heartworms track which appears on upcoming 'flipped' album The Worm's Heart.
James Mercer & Co. have already shared news versions of "Name For You" and "Cherry Hearts", both of which sound very different from the original takes on Heartworms.
Tracklist:
- The Fear (Flipped)
- So Now What (Flipped)
- Heartworms (Flipped)
- Dead Alive (Flipped)
- Half A Million (Flipped)
- Rubber Ballz (Flipped)
- Mildenhall (Flipped)
- Fantasy Island (Flipped)
- Cherry Hearts (Flipped)
- Painting A Hole (Flipped)
- Name For You (Flipped)
The Worm's Heart is out 19 January 2018 via Columbia. You can pre-order now.
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