Broken Bells

United States
2009

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Broken Bells is an American indie rock band composed of artist-producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells compose and create as a duo, but are joined by Dan Elkan and Jon Sortland when performing live. The previous live band included Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band sidemen Nate Walcott and Nik Freitas, and Jonathan Hischke and Dan Elkan, both ex-members of Hella. Following their 2010 self-titled debut album, the duo released an EP, Meyrin Fields, in 2011 and their second studio album, After the Disco, on February 4, 2014.

For the last 14 days:

30 tracks
216 stations
31 countries

Broken Bells top songs

1	The High Road
2	Holding On for Life
3	The Ghost Inside
4	October
5	Vaporize
6	Saturdays
7	Good Luck
8	We're Not In Orbit Yet…
9	Shelter
10	Your Head Is On Fire
11	One Night
12	Perfect World
13	Love On the Run
14	Mongrel Heart
15	Control
16	Holding on for Life
17	The Chase
18	No Matter What You're Told
19	Sailing to Nowhere
20	Citizen
21	Holding On for Life
22	Fade Away
23	Good Luck (1)
24	The Remains of Rock & Roll
25	Meyrin Fields

Broken Bells quotes

The Shins is, in a way, a recording project that turned into a live band. So I don't really keep myself beholden to any rules when I'm in the studio for Shins. I just gotta get it done as best I can.