Cover art for The Rifle’s Spiral by The Shins

The Rifle’s Spiral

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The first song on the Shin’s fourth album, Port of Morrow.

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What did The Shins say about "The Rifle's Spiral"?
Genius Answer

James Mercer told Magnet:

The song is written from the perspective of somebody funding and paying for suicide bombers to engage in that horrible activity. Just the perverse and grotesque thing that that is, and you know, living in the age we live in and my disrespect and fear of religion in general just fueling that intense hatred and appalling violence.

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Recorded At
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, CA
Release Date
March 20, 2012
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