In 2021, the band released Earth Man Blues in April 2021
In April 2021, a 20th anniversary reissue of Oh, Inverted World was announced for release on June 11, 2021. The reissue was remastered by Bob Ludwig , with Mercer serving as an assistant. A “21st birthday” tour of North America was announced in May 2022, where The Shins played Oh…
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In February 2021, it was announced that Brian Wilson, Love, Jardine, and the estate of Carl Wilson had sold a majority stake in the band’s intellectual property to Irving Azoff and his new company, Iconic Artists Group . In April, Omnivore Recordings released the album California Music Presents Add Some…
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A live album from their 2018 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tour concert at the Royal Albert Hall entitled Live at the Royal Albert Hall was released on 4 December 2020. All proceeds from the album, as with the concert, went to the charity War Child .
In November 2020, the Delicate Sound of Thunder reissue was released separately on multiple formats.
In February 2020, Wilson and Jardine’s official social media pages encouraged fans to boycott the band’s music after it was announced that Love’s Beach Boys would perform at the Safari Club International Convention in Reno, Nevada on animal rights grounds. The concert proceeded despite online protests, as Love issued a…
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On August 8, 2020, the band performed at the 2020 Sturgis Rally and vocalist Harwell said things such as “fuck that COVID shit” during the performance. A report from the IZA Institute of Labor Economics later cited the event as being a superspreading event .
In January 2020, Novoselic and Grohl reunited for a performance at a benefit for the Art of Elysium at the Hollywood Palladium , joined by Beck, St Vincent, and Grohl’s daughter Violet .
The band released its sixteenth studio album, Ur Fun , on January 17, 2020. This was followed by the album, I Feel Safe with You, Trash , on March 5, 2021, and Freewave Lucifer Fck on July 29, 2022.
in 2020 went on to release three more albums, Surrender Your Poppy Field , Mirrored Aztec and Styles We Paid For .