The Shins have returned today with a brand new single – watch their video for ‘The Great Divide’ below.The track is the first new material of 2020 from James Mercer and co.“It’s an epic about longing and love in a broken world,” Mercer said of the track. “I guess we wanted to try to provide a bit of warmth and sentiment in hard times.”The frontman went on to describe the track as “a blend of futurism and nostalgia,” saying: “We used everything from vintage synthesizers to iPhones, from a sixties Ludwig kit to an 808.”Watch the video for ‘The Great Divide’, directed by Paul Trillo, below.“For me, ‘The Great Divide’ is about coming to a turning point,” Trillo said of the track.
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