When you land here, it's time to return

"The lone album Flake Music released before transforming into the Shins, When You Land Here, It's Time to Return is the ultimate definition of pop. Following in the dual footsteps of jangling indie pop and '60s-inspired Elephant 6 rock (Apples in Stereo, Beulah), the band churns out incredibly sunny, peaceful, and generally fun guitar pop that's pretty difficult not to like".

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"In 1997, the Shins released their debut album under the name Flake Music called When You Land Here, It's Time to Return. Now with a reissue of the underappreciated and highly sought-after album, the legacy of the Shins has had a gaping hole refilled, and the context in which the indie classics Oh, Inverted World and 2003's Chutes Too Narrow were conceived can be more widely understood ... It may seem a little dated, but for the most part the album holds up as a charming piece of timid `90s indie rock: broken, raw, a little sheltered, but bracingly different and fun".

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