Mister Heavenly is an
indie rock
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supergroup consisting of
Honus Honus
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of
Man Man
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,
Nicholas Thorburn
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of
Islands
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and
The Unicorns
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, and
Joe Plummer
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Before ...
of
Modest Mouse
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and
The Shins
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. They recorded their first album in late 2010, finishing the year with a string of tour dates supporting
Passion Pit, joined by
Michael Cera
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as their touring bassist. 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.
On July 19, 2017, a brief "coming soon" video was posted on the official Mister Heavenly Facebook account teasing a new release.
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.
Brett Morris, an audio engineer for
Earwolf
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, has been playing bass guitar with them as of the fall of 2017.
Discography
* ''
Out of Love'' (2011)
* ''
Boxing the Moonlight
''Boxing the Moonlight'' is the second studio album by Mister Heavenly. It was released on October 6, 2017 on the record label Polyvinyl Record Co. The album finds the trio "embrac nga tougher sound" than on their debut ''Out of Love (album), ...
'' (2017)
References
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Citations
American indie rock groups
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