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If you wondered what the world missed when The Shins visionary James Mercer decided to eschew a new studio effort in favor of creating Broken Bells with Danger Mouse, the answer is too much. read more By date (default)

The Shins Album: Port of Morrow (Columbia) Why we care: Shins navel-gazer James Mercer is a hero to lost 38-year-olds the world over, a heart-sleeved saddoe who thrives on alienation — never mind that his loner hunk status could land him any model he wanted. Why we like it: When Mercer hooked up with Danger Mouse for side project Broken Bells, his wanderlusty persona was a fine match for Mr ...

Oh, James Mercer’s world has been inverted. Since 2007’s chart toping Wincing the Night Away , he has started his own imprint on Columbia Records, fired his band and explored the deep recesses of outer space with collaborator Danger Mouse in Broken Bells.

It has been five years since the Shins dropped “Wincing the Night Away,” and the artistic/commercial success of frontman James Mercer’s collaboration with Danger Mouse as Broken Bells during the interim suggested that we might not hear from the band again, so strong was that musical pairing.

"It takes awhile before we can figure this thing out and turn it back around," is a telling line in the song 'It's Only Life' from 'Port of Morrow,' the Shins ' first album since 2007. For Shins' main man James Mercer "awhile" meant five years of side-projects like Broken Bells , amusing diversions like a ' Portlandia ' appearance , and an almost time-travelling look back into his own past to ...

The Shins ' five-year break from recording and frontman James Mercer 's involvement in his Broken Bells project with Danger Mouse led many of us to think that the band wasn't coming back. With that in mind, it's funny in a non-haha way that their video for 'Simple Song,' which announces their resurrection, begins with a fictional message about Mercer's death. In the video, Mercer plays a ...

The Shins like to take their sweet time between albums — an average of almost four years — but nothing about the intricately layered indie-pop of James Mercer (also of Broken Bells) is rushed or rough.

Do you like Fitz & The Tantrums? Are you into Broken Bells? How about Prince fans? Any of you out there? If you like where this is going so far... then you are bound to eat up the first three songs released by Los Angeles duo, Electric Guest . Given the diverstity of this early collection, it's hard to tell just what these two (Asa Taccone & Matthew Compton) have in store for us when they ...

Singles: Van Halen, the Shins The song is about tattoos, making bold statements in permanent ink. After the languor of Broken Bells, his project with producer Danger Mouse, James Mercer sounds invigorated.

Whilst Broken Bells take a break, The Shins' James Mercer and his new band of merry men have a new album and are coming over to London in March to play it, like, live.

And while singer/songwriter James Mercer's Broken Bells project with Danger Mouse may have kept fans sated, it wasn't the Shins -– which, from its opening notes, "Simple Song" unmistakably is.