Broken Bells

Broken Bells
Bmi
General | Mar 2010

Reviews

Ranger Rick
Reviewed 2010-04-14
Genre: Pop
Overall Grade: B- (2 Stars)
RiYL: Gnarls Barkley, Hot Chip

Expert producer Danger Mouse (of Gnarls Barkley/Grey Album fame) rocks the house with synth/drums/bass guitar. Shins vocalist smoothly/gently delivers Beatle'esque lyrics.

1. ** Poppy midtempo with synths, drums, 1st single. Solid + catchy.
2. ** Uptempo choruses with Gnarls Barkley sounds.
3. Downtempo Beatles sound.
4. ** Clap happy pop with falsetto vox + fx. Hot Chip?
5. More mellow. Strings.
6. Midtempo "Six Underground," Zero 7? effected vox.
7. Chill downtempo acoustic guitar, soft drumming + vocal harmonies
8. ** Midtempo pop, piano, smooth vox
9. ** Hippy "Monkees" organ, Poppy uptempo, light synths, sfx, epic synth buildup
10. *** Soft strings intro b4 the upbeat rock. Standout lyrics. Synth chord fade out

Recent airplay

The High Road
Music GenealogyMay 10, 2024
Your Head Is On Fire
GORPApr 10, 2023
October
Radiant AirwavesJan 27, 2019
The High Road
Radiant AirwavesJan 13, 2019
The High Road
Music GenealogySep 02, 2018
The High Road
FMFAug 26, 2018

Charting

2010-04-18 — 2010-06-20
Week EndingAirplays
Jun 20 1
Jun 13 4
Jun 6 2
May 30 4
May 23 5
May 16 2
May 9 7
May 2 7

Track listing

1. The High Road
2. Vaporize
3. Your Head Is On Fire
4. The Ghost Inside
5. Sailing To Nowhere
6. Trap Doors
7. Citizen
8. October
9. Mongrel Heart
10. The Mall & Misery