Pullin’ ‘Tubes: For Whom The Bell Tolls

It’s been a three years since the Zach Braff-approved, indie-darlings The Shins put out their third full-length album Wincing the Night Away. Since its release and support tour, the Portland via New Mexico-based act have switched labels from Sub Pop to lead singer’s James Mercer’s Aural Apothecary, shuffled their lineup and now appear to be on a bit of hiatus. With his new found free time Mercer found himself with the opportunity to collaborate with the “It” producer of the last decade, Brian Burton, who you may know better as  Danger Mouse forming the band Broken Bells.

Recorded in secret at Danger Mouse’s LA studio, the pair’s self-titled debut that hit stores last Tuesday, resulted in album that sounds something like a mix of Beck meets The Shins with psychedelic swaths courtesy of Mr. Burton’s production work. Broken Bells will play a couple of high-profile shows at SXSW this week, and have recently released their debut video for The High Road. Let’s take a look at that clip…

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