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Watch: The Shins Perform ‘Clapping Butter’ For Radio1

The band released their ‘Port of Morrow’ LP earlier this month.

Watch: The Shins Perform ‘Clapping Butter’ For Radio1

Following a recent venture into comedy, or at least a stint for Funny Or Die, The Shins wrote the track ‘Clapping Butter’, which they performed last night on BBC Radio1 for Zane Lowe, a video of which you can view below.

Earlier this month, the band released their ‘Port of Morrow’ jointly via James Mercer’s own Aural Apothecary label and Columbia Records

Never ones to shy away from live performances, the band performed an hour long set on America’s Late Show With David Letterman recently, which you can view in full here.

We recently caught up with James Mercer to talk about ‘Port Of Morrow’, read the full interview online now.

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