While perhaps not as popular as other singles from the album, "Shelf In The Room" is regarded for its engaging acoustic guitar melody and serves as the opening track.
The video for "Shelf in the Room", directed by Sean Mullens,[3] bears the rural and color aesthetics depicted in the album art of Days of the New.
The boy places items he has obtained, including a set of old keys, a dead bird's feather, and shards of glass, on a shelf.
Throughout these scenes, the band is shown performing in a wooden building with a shelf bearing various strange items that Meeks examines while he sings.
Items showcased on the shelf include a 19th-century photograph of a bearded man, an old photograph of two women wrestling, a gold Buddharupa, a glass jar of billiard balls, a wired gadget with an eyeball, an insect anatomy chart, and a severed porcelain doll arm giving the love gesture.