That period between Christmas and New Year is, essentially, meaningless. Hours pass by in a haze of food, drink and old Disney films and no-one can remember what day it is. During this period Musick heard a couple of songs by Broken Bells, aka producer Danger Mouse and that guy from The Shins. As with all Danger Mouse endeavours - be it producing for the likes of Gorillaz, The Rapture and Beck, or co-fronting Gnarls Barkley - the results have a vintage feel, as if some lost record from the early '70s had been found and remixed.
'The High Road' is the first single to be officially released from their debut album, which is out in March:
We've always been fans of knotty organ intros and this one is the best!
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Hi Michael,
On behalf of Columbia Records, Monotone and Broken Bells, many thanks for plugging "Broken Bells" / the artists’ eponymous album on your site (street date 9th March) ... thanks, also, on behalf of the label, management and artists for not posting any pirate links to unreleased (studio) material and, if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, then full length versions of "The High Road" (as already featured by you) and "Vaporize" are available for fans and bloggers to link to / post / host etc at www.brokenbells.com ... .. for further details of the new album, special pre-orders, on-line promotions, videos and 2010 shows, check-out the official site, as well as the artists’ MySpace at www.myspace.com/brokenbells and YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/brokenbells ... .. and keep an eye on these official sources for details of further news, preview material and on-line promotions.
Thanks again for your plug.
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ahh so excited for march! i cannot wait for this album to come out, the high road sounds really good
ReplyDeleteGreat description for the first single, completely agreed about the vintage feel. Can't wait to hear the rest of the album soon. Also - just found out that "The High Road" 7 inch comes out this week.
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