The Shins have announced that their next album, Port of Morrow, will be released in March via Columbia and James Mercer's own Aural Apothecary imprint. It follows 2007's Wincing the Night Away.

Mercer wrote all the songs and played most of the instruments. The album was produced by Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, the Bird and the Bee).

Watch the band perform three songs from the album, after the tracklisting, below. An exact release date and tour in support of the record will be announced soon.

01 The Rifle's Spiral

02 Simple Song

03 It's Only Life

04 No Way Down

05 September

06 Bait and Switch

07 Fall of '82

08 For a Fool

09 40 Mark Strasse

10 Port of Morrow

"The Rifle's Spiral":

"Bait and Switch":

"For a Fool":