So it’s no surprise that, though it certainly has mass appeal, Broken Bells should sound a bit “out there.” Opening track “The High Road” floats Mercer’s typically cryptic lyrics over swirling, ...

Broken Bells is so dear to Burton because it’s a place where he can create his own music from scratch, something he can’t do when designing records for legends like U2. (Burton says he’s ...

Into the Blue also introduces samples into the Broken Bells sound for the first time. Into the Blue is the follow-up to 2014’s After the Disco, which reached No. 5 on The Billboard 200.

Instead, Broken Bells released a record of lo-fi, slightly lifeless pop songs that cruised up the Billboard charts on the backs of bankable names, not musical ingenuity.

A rebound relationship is always a tricky proposition. And it’s one that nascent duo Broken Bells — which teams newly single artists James Mercer and Brian (Danger Mouse) Burton — are forced ...

Broken Bells — the duo of Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse) and Shins frontman James Mercer — are back with a new song, “We’re Not in Orbit Yet…” The track will appear on the duo’s ...