A really dope collaboration between Danger Mouse and James Mercer of The Shins, Broken Bells sounds more-or-less exactly how you'd expect. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Filled with light, floaty melodies that belie the eponymous album's gloomy lyrics, Bells mixes Mercer's distinctive voice and subtle guitar strumming with the alien sounds and funky beats DM is known for, creating a new, yet familiar sound that's satisfying, but nothing revolutionary.

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