Broken Bells, the indie rock collaboration between producer Brian Burton, a.k.a Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer, have revealed they are already itching to get back into the studio to record new material despite only releasing their self-titled debut album in March.
Speaking to Billboard, Mercer, who is the guitarist and lead vocalist in The Shins, said they ‘need’ to get back into the studio as they have still have a large collection of songs intended for release. “We need to do another record, for sure, because we’ve got these songs we need to put out,” he said. “We’ve got these songs that aren’t B-side type stuff, definitely ones we want on a record, and we enjoy this. It’s fun. I think Danger Mouse enjoys it, too. It’s so enjoyable. It’s like a vacation – although I don’t want my wife to know that! We definitely will keep working together.”
However, Mercer also said that his more immediate intention is to work on a new Shins album, the last of which was the Grammy-nominated ‘Wincing The Night Away‘ in 2007. “I think the next thing I do will be a Shins record,” he commented. “I guess we’re on hiatus now, so I have to sort of allocate time to do it and still do what we have to do with Broken Bells, but that’s made me feel excited about doing Shins stuff again.”
Broken Bells are currently on tour in North America, and will visit the UK for the busy festival season this summer when they will make appearances at the Meltdown and Glastonbury festivals amongst others.
