the music in the film features a number of indie-rock artists, notably the shins. in an early scene, sam passes andrew a headset which is playing the song "new slang" by the shins as she says "you gotta hear this one song — it’ll change your life; i swear." a second shins song, "caring is creepy", is also featured on the soundtrack. the presence of simon & garfunkel's "the only living boy in new york" on the soundtrack has been cited by some as evidence of a connection to "the graduate".