In 2016, the group recorded a cover of the Beatles ‘ ” The Word ” for the Netflix show Beat Bugs . During this time, Mercer was at work on the band’s fifth album, which he felt was closer in sound to the Shins’ earlier work than Port of Morrow : “I made a concerted effort on certain songs to fit the palette, to use the palette that I’ve used historically for the band.” Mercer announced the new Shins album, Heartworms , in January; it was released on March 10, 2017. In January 2018, they released The Worm’s Heart , an album which reimagined Heartworms .
recorded a cover of ‘The Word’
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