Flake Music

Neal Langford of the Shins Has Died

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2023

Neal Langford, the bassist for the Shins during the band's early period, has died. In a post on the Shins' Instagram account, band leader...

Flake Music

When You Land Here, It's Time To Return

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2014

James Mercer may now be remembered as the guy who fired his original Shins bandmates a decade into their career, teamed up with Danger Mous...

Flake Music

"The Shins"

PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2014

Judging by the upcoming reissue of Flake Music's When You Land Here, It's Time to Return, the band's James Mercer may have been pre-destine...

James Mercer's Pre-Shins Project Flake Music to Be Remixed and Reissued

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2014

Before James Mercer hit it big with the Shins, he fronted Flake Music. That earlier band featured the same personnel as the classic Shins l...

Flake Music

When You Land Here, It's Time To Return

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

Flake Music is actually last year's critical darlings the Shins before they became the Shins. When You Land Here, It's Time To Return was r...