- The band got their name from a passage from the Virginia Wolf story The Mark On The Wall.
- Drummer Jeremiah Green quit the band in 2003 due to a mental breakdown.
- The album We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank was recorded in Mississippi and produced by Denis Herring who also produced Good News for People Who Love Bad News.
- The Shins' video for the song Phantom Limb is directed by Patrick Daughters.
- One of The Shins' unreleased songs Whoa, Trish appears in a Gap ad.
- The Shins have been compared to Badly Drawn Boy and Beachwood Sparks by critics.
- The Shins were influenced by Nick Drake.
- Chutes Too Narrow is only a bit over 30 minutes long.
- The Shins's Martin Crandall appeared with his girlfriend, Elyse Sewell, on the first cycle of America's Next Top Model.
- During live shows, band members, Crandall and Hernadez in particular, are known to frequently swap instruments, making it somewhat difficult to define their exact roles in the band.
- A rare non-album track titled "When I Goosestep" is included in the soundtrack of indie film Wicker Park.
- The band also offered the song "They'll Soon Discover" for the soundtrack to The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.
- The Shins have been featured in many of the TV shows and movies that Zach Braff stars in.
- The Shins were featured twice on the Garden State soundtrack and in the movie Natalie Portman mentions how the song "New Slang" will change your life.
- The Shins are recording their new album which is tentatively titled Sleeping Lessons.
- The Shins describe their sound as an indie-pop and rockish one.
- The Shins were part of an aclaimed tour with Califone.
- The Shins have been together since 1997.
- The Shins are signed to Sub Pop records.
- The Shins have toured Europe and Australia many times promoting their albums.
- The band relocated to Portland, Oregon from Alberquerque, New Mexico and do most of their recording there.
- The Shins' two albums have both been certified gold.
- The Shins have toured with pals, Modest Mouse.
- Mercer is The Shins's main singer-songwriter.
- The Shins started as a side project for James Mercer from his band Flake.
- The Shins' second album was called Oh, Inverted World.
- Their first record was called Chutes Too Narrow and was released on October 21st, 2003.
