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Their shows keep getting bigger, their lighting displays more elaborate, their backdrops more involved, their sound more textured and bombastic. Are the Shins ditching the "pop nugget" thing and going prog for real? Probably not, but we're cool with watching 'em dabble. They're showing their splashy stripes a bit on the single for Wincing the Night Away's "Turn on Me," which finds our heroes tackling Pink Floyd's "Breathe". You know, from Dark Side!

UPDATE: THE SINGLE NO LONGER FEATURES THE PINK FLOYD COVER AS A B-SIDE. IT WILL INSTEAD BE INCLUDED ON A BBC COMPILATION.

Oh, and: Wincing highlight "Australia" gets a new sheen on the vinyl single from remixers Peter Bjorn & John. You know, from Sweden! Put another tick in the pocket-sized pop column. (No, we didn't know PB&J wrestled with the wheels of steel either.)

The single also features the Shins cover of Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes," perhaps best known as the oft-covered theme song to the Showtime series "Weeds".

Alas, downloaders, you won't get a big name like Peter Bjorn & John on your "Turn on Me"; as a matter of fact, you'll get a real Nobody. DJ Nobody does his thing to "Sea Legs" on the download in lieu of the PB&J track. A CD version of the single may be on its way, but further details weren't available at press time.

The "Turn on Me" single will be available on 10" vinyl and download September 3 in the UK from Transgressive. No U.S. release, sorry.

Peter Bjorn and John and the Shins have tour dates throughout the next few months, available after the jump.

"Turn on Me" 10":

01 Turn on Me
02 Little Boxes
03 Breathe
04 Australia (Peter Bjorn and John remix)

"Turn on Me" download:

01 Turn on Me
02 Little Boxes
03 Breathe
04 Sea Legs (DJ Nobody remix)

Shins:

07-23 Honolulu, HI - Pipeline
07-29 Yuzawa-machi, Japan - Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
07-31 Christchurch, New Zealand - Civic Hall
08-01 Auckland, New Zealand - Powerstation
08-03 Perth, Australia - Metro City
08-04 Adelaide, Australia - Thebarton Theatre
08-05 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass Festival
08-07 Melbourne, Australia - Palace
08-08 Melbourne, Australia - Palace
08-09 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre
08-10 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre
08-17 Erfurt, Germany - Highfield Festival
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-19 Biddinghuizen, Holland - Lowlands Festival
08-21 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
08-24 Saint-Cloud, France - Rock en Siene
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-30 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater
09-01 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09-02 Chicago, IL - Download Festival

Peter Bjorn and John:

07-27 Berlin, Germany - Berlinfestival
07-29 Niigata, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
07-31 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater !
08-01 San Diego, CA - House of Blues !
08-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Gallivan Center *
08-04 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Lollapalooza)
08-06 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre %
08-07 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
08-08 Nashville, TN - City Hall
08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-15 Paredes de Coura, Portugal - Paredes du Coura Festival
08-16 Saint-Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08-19 Cologne, Germany - C/O Pop Festival
08-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-25 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 London, England - Get Loaded in the Park Festival
09-06 New York, NY - Roseland #
09-07 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom #
09-08 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
09-09 Toronto, Ontario - V Festival
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
09-12 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse #
09-14 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-16 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre #
09-18 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield #
09-19 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom #
09-20 Seattle, WA - Showbox #
09-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore #
09-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #

! with Cass McCombs
* with Apostle of Hustle
% with Andrew Bird, McCarthy Trenching
# with the Clientele