Mister Heavenly

Mister Heavenly is an indie rock[lower-alpha 1] supergroup[2] consisting of Honus Honus of Man Man, Nicholas Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns, and Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse and The Shins. They recorded their first album in late 2010, finishing the year with a string of tour dates supporting Passion Pit, joined by Michael Cera as their touring bassist.[3] In January 2011, they released two songs, the eponymous "Mister Heavenly" and "Pineapple Girl". Their first album, Out of Love, was released August 16, 2011.[4][5][6] On July 19, 2017, a brief "coming soon" video was posted on the official Mister Heavenly Facebook account teasing a new release.[7] On July 26, 2017, their first single "Beat Down" from the new album titled Boxing the Moonlight was released on YouTube. The album was released October 2017.

Mister Heavenly
GenresRock, indie rock
Years active2010–present
LabelsPolyvinyl Record Co., Sub Pop
Associated actsMan Man, Modest Mouse, Islands, The Shins, Michael Cera
MembersHonus Honus
Nicholas Thorburn
Joe Plummer
Brett Morris
Past membersMichael Cera

Brett Morris, an audio engineer for Earwolf, has been playing bass guitar with them as of the fall of 2017.

Discography

References

Footnotes

  1. Thorburn has suggested that the band belongs to a new subgenre called "doom wop", consisting of slow, low-frequency music transposed with traditional doo wop harmonies.[1]

Citations

  1. Weiss, Evan (20 October 2009). "The Arts Section: Islands Feature". The Arts Section. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  2. "Man Man/Islands/Modest Mouse Supergroup Mister Heavenly Signs to Sub Pop | News". Pitchfork. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  3. "Sub Pop Records". Subpop.com. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  4. "Sub Pop". Sub Pop. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  5. "Hear Two Songs From the Man Man/Islands/Modest Mouse Supergroup Mister Heavenly". Pitchfork. 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  6. "Mister Heavenly". Mister Heavenly. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  7. "We're Coming Back | Official Mister Heavenly Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.


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