Australia (The Shins song)

"Australia" is a song by American indie rock band the Shins, and is the second track on their third album, Wincing the Night Away.

While one of them poses as a customer to distract the salespeople, the others coordinate a theft of the many gas-filled balloons the dealership has affixed to their cars to advertise their merchandise.

The group picks up the decoy down the road, before driving the van to a field where they release the balloons and watch them rise into the sky.

Pitchfork wrote that "'Australia' is a peppy rocker in the spirit of Chutes' best, elevated by a newfound confidence and expressive range in Mercer's voice.

"[5] PopMatters wrote: "Still familiar and addictive, the song nevertheless turns the tried and true formula on its ear, coming off slightly like a New Wave dance anthem.