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Broken Bells: Into The Blue

On October 7, 2022, “AWAL” label released” Into the Blue”, the third Broken Bells studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Danger Mouse.

Personnel:

  • James Mercer – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) – organ, piano, synth, mellotron
  • Inflo (Dean Wynton Josiah Cover) – piano, backing vocals
  • Sam Cohen – drums, synth, bass, bells, guitar, backing vocals
  • David Christian – drums
  • Nate Walcott – horns
  • Oliver Hill – strings, violin
  • Kaitlin Wolfberg – strings, violin
  • Lauren Baba – strings, viola
  • Emily Elkin – strings, cello
  • Alba Ponce De Leon, Alecia Chakour – backing vocals
  • Oliver Hill – strings arrangements
  • Matt Koening – recording
  • Kennie Takahaski – recording
  • Todd Monfalcone – additional engineering
  • Bob Weston – mastering
  • Jacob Escobedo – artwork, illustration
  • Kelly Ford – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Burton and James Mercer except where noted.

  1. Into the Blue – Brian Burton, James Mercer, Sam Cohen
  2. We’re Not in Orbit Yet…
  3. Invisible Exit
  4. Love on the Run – Brian Burton, Dean Josiah Cover, James Mercer, Sam Cohen
  5. One Night
  6. Saturdays – Brian Burton, James Mercer, James Milne
  7. Forgotten Boy – Brian Burton, Emil Thielhelm, James Mercer, Michael Esposito, Ralph Scala, Ronald Gilbert
  8. The Chase
  9. Fade Away

Comet Gain: Paperback Ghosts

On July 7, 2014, “Fortuna Pop” label released “Paperback Ghosts”, the seventh Comet Gain studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Soup Studio” in London.

Personnel:

  • David Feck – vocals, guitar
  • James Hornsey – bass
  • Woodie Taylor – drums, percussion
  • Helen Short – cello
  • Rachel Evans – vocals
  • John McKeown – voice
  • Anne Laure Guillain – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Sam Beer – organ
  • David Christian – vocals, guitar
  • Kevin Pickering – guitar
  • Ben Phillipson – guitar glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • A Little Orchestra – strings
  • Claire Hadidjenar, Matthew Walker – violin
  • Alison Cotton – viola
  • Giles Barrett, Simon Trought – engineer
  • The Woodland Eye – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Long After Tonite’s Candles Are Blown
  2. Sad Love and Other Short Stories
  3. Behind the House She Lived In
  4. Wait ‘Til December
  5. Breaking Open the Head Part 1
  6. The Last Love Letter
  7. Sixteen Oh Four
  8. (All The) Avenue Girls
  9. Your Haunted Heart
  10. Far from the Pavilion
  11. An Orchid Stuck Inside Her Throat
  12. Confessions of a Daydream