James Mercer

Person · Open Library

Works

8

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Film & TV

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

James Russell Mercer (born December 26, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the founder, vocalist, lead songwriter, and sole remaining original member of the indie rock group The Shins. In 2009, Mercer and producer Danger Mouse formed the side project Broken Bells, for which they released a self-titled album in March 2010, followed by After the Disco in 2014, and then Into…

Known for

• Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert — Self - Performer (The Shins)2025
• The Elephant 6 Recording Co. — Self2023
• Some Days Are Better Than Others — Eli2011
• From the Basement — Self - The Shins2009
• Light Tiger Eye — Man2009
• From The Basement — Self - The Shins2009
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Self (The Shins)2007
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest1975

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1909-11-18

Active to

1976-06-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

27,941

Total plays

249,552

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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Mercer">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

James

Family name

Mercer

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Honolulu

Occupation

guitarist

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Genre

blues

Instrument

voice

Record label

Sub Pop

Official website

www.theshins.com

Image

James Mercer of Broken Bells (close up).jpg

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