James Mercer is currently the lead singer/songwriter for
the Shins and
Broken Bells, a project with DJ
Danger Mouse (
Gnarls Barkley, producer of
Beck and
Gorillaz). Prior to The Shins and Broken Bells, he was the lead singer/songwriter of
Flake, which later became
Flake Music. There is a rare solo recording on January 7, 2004 of Mercer doing some private recordings of hit songs by his band The Shins for a radio station.
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