2012 Top 10 Albums of the Year: #10) The Tins - "Life’s a Gas”

I forget how I stumbled across this album… but clearly recall hearing it the first time while working on an unforgivable assignment in a dimly lit office at work.

My attraction to the Tins was immediate because of how familiar they were to the ear…   It was like hearing a stripped down New Pornographers band and James Mercer (the Shins) on vocals.   Well to me at least…