After the Disco is propelled by either chugging and staccato synthetic beats and topped off with Mercer’s light, pitched-high vocals which occasionally, as when multi-tracked on “Holding on For Life”, ...
Broken Bells is James Mercer, frontman from the Shins, and producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), half of Gnarls Barkley. Both are scholars of retro pop, and their collaboration reinforces that ...
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Gorillaz may have originated as a way for Damon Albarn to sidestep the limelight, but on the cartoon group's third album, "Plastic Beach," he very much takes center stage.