The Shins' James Mercer + Danger Mouse = Broken Bells! Greatest News Of the Year
Is this news? THIS IS FRICKEN NEWS!
It's the kinda news that has DiS bouncing off the walls like a kid whose Ritalin has been swapped for LSD. Shins frontman James Mercer (technically, he actually is The Shins) hinted a while back that he has a new band and today it is all confirmed.
The band is tentatively named Broken Bells, but, wait for it, he's formed it with Mr Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse (he of Gnarls Barkley, The Grey Album, etc...).
And, and, and... their debut album due early next year via Columbia Records.
Oh and as P4K put it, please note:
To be clear, this is not just a "produced by Danger Mouse" one-off thing. Mercer and the Mouse are apparently in it for the long haul and already have plans extending past their first album. The pair recently collaborated on the Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse album Dark Night of the Soul. Our review hailed the Mercer track, "Insane Lullaby", as "one of the finest moments on the album."
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So i guess what you're trying to say is...
It's the end of the road for The Shins?
*sobs*
yay
sad if this means no more Shins, but their last album wasn't that amazing.
Pretty sure that...
the Shins are still going, they changed their line-up; ousted Jesse Sandoval and Marty Crandall, and got the Fruit Bats' bassist and Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse on drums. But they're in the middle of making a new album. Pitchfork had the scoop: http://pitchfork.com/news/35257-shins-james-mercer-spills-about-lineup-changes-new-album-other-projects/
James Mercer said that "[the] album is still in its very early stages" (as of May 6) and he's "aiming for a release early next year"
ooops
my winkie just sneezed with happiness
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