Broken Bells with “Into The Blue” as New Album

Broken Bells – The American indie rock is back with the news that they have announced their new album, Into The Blue, on June 29, 2022. Along with the announcement of the new album, Broken Bells has also released their lead single, We’re Not In Orbit Yet.

Broken Bells itself is a rock duo consisting of James Mercer—from The Shins—who acts as lead vocals, guitars, bass, and keyboards. Another is Brian Burton—of Danger Mouse—who plays keyboards, bass, and drums, as well as in production. Broken Bells released their last album in 2014 entitled After The Disco. The album followed up their self-titled album which became their debut album in 2010 as well as the 2011 EP Meyrin Fields.

Dan Elkan and Jon Sortland are special “personnel” of Broken Bells for helping the band on every tour. Broken Bells along with two of their tour personnel also briefly leaked their return to music during a live performance in 2018. At that time, they shared the songs Shelter and Good Luck.

The single We’re Not In Orbit Yet… takes time to move across space as the duo delivers high melodies and voices with imitated siren elements that lend overall darkness to the track. As the title suggests, the song is an allegory of interstellar sound and sensation mastered by James Mercer and Brian Burton.

Along with the single, the music video directed by Johnny Chew offers an ominous image of an ever-changing industrial space paired with scenes of everyday life and the occasional glimpse of Mercer singing riveting lyrics. Check out the latest appearance of the Broken Bells in the music video for We’re Not in Orbit Yet… below.

The lead single We’re Not In Orbit Yet… builds around one of James Mercer’s long-loved arpeggios, slowly sliding forward with the bass of retro RnB tracks, spacey synths, and a chorus of otherworldly backing vocals. Stereogum notes that the song seems like a cosmic soul crossed with chamber pop.

Meanwhile, We’re Not In Orbit Yet… is a single with a trippy, hypnotic atmosphere, moving at an unhurried pace and imbued with smooth vocals and synths. The song retains the sound of the Bee Gees meeting the psychedelic dance rock of their previous material.

Behind that, Broken Bells had shown the pulse of his works again in 2018 and then through the single Shelter. This single is an attempt by the Broken Bells to return to music after a long hiatus from the album After The Disco (2014) as well as a single entitled It’s That Talk Again (2015) which was made to support their concert film, Broken Bells: Live At The Orpheum (2015).

Separately, James Mercer of The Shins released the album Heartworms in 2017 and a reworked version of its companion, The Worm’s Heart, soon after. Meanwhile, Danger Mouse produced Wide Awake!, the sixth album for 2018’s Parquet Courts, and collaborated with Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs for the album Lux Prima (2019).

After sharing several teasers on their Instagram account, Broken Bells officially shared the single Shelter in 2018. The single is as adventurous as ever, with Mercer’s soft vocals accentuated by Danger Mouse’s skeleton funk play.

After the single Shelter, Broken Bells appeared again with a single titled Good Luck. The song Good Luck has a slow groove that rests squarely on James Mercer’s signature vocals. Listen to the single Good Luck from Broken Bells below.

 

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As previously mentioned, the Broken Bells are an American indie rock band consisting of artists-producers Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells created and created as a duo, but joined Dan Elkan and Jon Sortland while performing live.

Previous live bands include Conor Oberst and sidemen Mystic Valley Band, Nate Walcott and Nik Freitas, and Jonathan Hischke and Dan Elkan, both former members of Hella. Following their 2010 self-titled debut album, the duo released the EP Meyrin Fields in 2011 and their second studio album, After the Disco, in 2014.

Brian Burton and James Mercer decided to work together after meeting at the Roskilde Festival in 2004. They found each other that both were fans of each other’s work. It took another four years before the two began working together and in March 2008 Mercer and Burton began recording together in secret at Burton’s Los Angeles-based studio. The project was first announced on September 29, 2009. Both described their material as “melodic, but also experimental.”