Broken Bells release new EP Meyrin Fields, bumping up the total number of Broken Bells releases in the world

Broken Bells release new EP Meyrin Fields, bumping up the total number of Broken Bells releases in the world

Step one on the road to indie pop success: put out a popular debut. Step two: follow up that popular debut with a quickie EP of extra material. Broken Bells, the collaboration between Shins frontman James Mercer and ubiquitous producer Danger Mouse, can scratch that first step off. Last year’s self-titled debut ended up very popular, selling over 300,000 copies and landing near the top of NPR’s year-end readers’ poll.

As for step two, they’ve got that on the way. On March 29, the band will put out a classic example of the unreleased/B-side/bonus material stopgap EP in the form of Meyrin Fields. Half of the release’s tracks are unreleased, along with one previously released B-side and one album bonus track. Maybe it’s not a lot of new material, but if you need the sweet, delicious nectar that is new Broken Bells, you will survive for another day.

Meyrin Fields tracklist:

01. Meyrin Fields
02. Win­dows
03. An Easy Life
04. Heart­less Empire

• Broken Bells: http://www.brokenbells.com
• Columbia: http://www.columbiarecords.com

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