James Mercer is the composer, singer and guitarist of Shins.
Broken Bells is the name behind which lie Danger Mouse and James Mercer, the result of the meeting of the two musicians five years ago, backstage in Roskilde Festival, and the title of their first album together.
The album includes 10 songs and some titles that have leaked are 'The Ghost Inside', 'Vaporize', 'Sailing to Nowhere', 'Trap Doors', 'Citizen', 'The Mall and Misery' and 'Your Head Is On Fire'.
The release date for 'Broken Bells' is March 8th and in the album other than Mercer, who sings and playing guitar/bass and Brian Burton (the real name of Danger Mouse) who plays drums, organ, piano, synth, bass and of course produces, participates the composer Daniele Luppi who has done the orchestration.
The first single from this collaboration, 'The High Road' you can hear from next Monday, December 21 at the site of the group.
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