Danger Mouse and James Mercer (The Shins) to Drop Broken Bells

By slayshTank on January 4, 2010

click on the image above to listen to the new single

Broken Bells is an American indie rock band featuring artist–producer Danger Mouse (billed by his real name, Brian Burton) and James Mercer the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. The project was first announced on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. On December 14 the band released their first email update, in which a binary-coded message stating ‘The High Road is hard to find’ was displayed, offering a link to the band’s web page, now with a new color scheme, for ‘further details’. On the morning of December 21, the band informed fans in an e-mail message of the release of their debut single “The High Road”, which was made available as a free download on their official site. The self-titled debut album is due out in the U.S. on March 9, 2010.

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