The Shins: The Rifle's Spiral

The Shins newest music video from their 4th Album, 'Port Of Morrows' channels the best of early Tim Burton era stop motion with its macabre interpretation of the songs abstract lyrics. The video was directed by Jamie Caliri, who mentioned he was inspired by Martin Scorsese's recent film, 'Hugo' and the works of Edward Gorey, renown for his ominous and dark illustrated books.

The most interesting part about this new music video is that it premiered exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS video marketplace a few days ago, predating the official Youtube release by at least 2-3 days. Pretty incredible to see such a major group opt for a release on a relatively unused video platform. Nonetheless, the music video turned out beautifully. Check out the making of below!