When You Land Here, It's Time to Return

When You Land Here, It's Time to Return is a full-length album released by indie rock band Flake Music before changing their name to The Shins. The album was recorded in 1997 and was released on Omnibus Records.

When You Land Here, It's Time to Return
Studio album by Flake Music
Released	1997 24 November 2014 (reissue)
Recorded	Spring 1997
Genre	Indie rock, indie pop
Length	31:36
Label	Omnibus Records Aural Apothecary (reissue)
Producer	Kennie Takahashi (reissue)
The Shins chronology
Spork EP (1995) When You Land Here, It's Time to Return (1997) Oh, Inverted World (2001)
Alternative cover
2014 remastered edition

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[2]

In a May 2009 interview with Pitchfork, frontman James Mercer announced plans to re-release the album on his own record label, Aural Apothecary.^[3] The new version of the album was mixed by Danger Mouse's sound engineer Kentoro Takahashi. The reissue was released on CD and vinyl on November 24, 2014 in Europe and on November 25, 2014 in North America.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spanway Hits"	2:28
2.	"Blast Valve"	2:56
3.	"Roziere"	1:23
4.	"Structo"	3:42
5.	"Candy Dish of Diamonds"	0:51
6.	"Deluca"	4:06
7.	"Mieke"	2:51
8.	"On the Playground in the Wind"	2:12
9.	"The Shins"	3:17
10.	"Faded Polaroids"	2:34
11.	"Vantage"	5:15
Total length:		31:35

• Before the 2014 reissue, the titles of tracks 5, 8, and 10 were unknown, and not listed on any official release of the album. They were typically left blank or listed as "untitled".

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the remastered album's liner notes.^[4]

Personnel

• Del Winiecki – engineering
• Nick Noeding Jr. – engineering (10)
• Flake Music – mixing
• Kentoro Takahashi – mixing
• JJ Golden – mastering

Artwork

• Flake Music – art direction
• Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction, design
• Kieth Negley – painting
• Kendall Taylor – photography
• Neal Langford – sleeve

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "When You Land Here, It's Time to Return". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
3. Phillips, Amy (6 May 2009). "Shins' James Mercer Spills About Lineup Changes, New Album, Other Projects". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
4. When You Land Here, It's Time to Return (liner notes). Flake Music. Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon: Sub Pop; Aural Apothecary Records. 2014. SP 1111.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)