At long last, Danger Mouse and James Mercer have finally teamed up again to bring us new Broken Bells material. It comes in the form of the song “Shelter,” which is the first we’ve heard from the duo since the 2015 single “It’s That Talk Again.” No word yet on whether the new single is a precursor to a forthcoming album or a standalone single.
The prolific producer and the Shins frontman initially teamed up in 2008 and released their self-titled debut in 2010 to rave reviews. They followed it up with 2014’s After the Disco, which is the last full-length project they’ve put out. Mercer released the Shins record Heartworms last year and its companion record The Worm’s Heart in 2018. Danger Mouse most recently produced Parquet Courts’ latest album Wide Awake!.
Listen to “Shelter” and watch Broken Bells’ 2014 KEXP in-studio performance below.
It's hard to imagine a better indie pop dream team than this – a multi-Grammy winning producer Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) and a beloved singer-songwriter James Mercer (of the Shins), each responsible for some of the most infectious songs you've heard in the past ten years, joining to create…
"Oh London moon, help me stumble home, help me lose myself along the way." So begins the return of Broken Bells, the all-too-perfect team up between now legendary producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and the genius songwriter who gave us the Shins, James Mercer. After The Disco is the soundtrack to…
