Mister Heavenly, the recently-signed-to-Sub-Pop supergroup, is Man Man’s Honus Honus and Islands’s Nick Thorburn (who met over their love of all-denim outfits aka “Canadian tuxedos”), and Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer. The band just started their first tour with Passion Pit, and they’ve enlisted Canadian actor Michael Cera on bass. Cera, if you recall, starred in Islands’s video for “No You Don’t.” Here’s video of the quartet playing in Portland, and Cera introducing himself to the audience:
(via P4K)
The band’s debut is out on Sub Pop in 2011. Cera may or may not be joining the band permanently. I emailed Honus for confirmation and he wrote: “Don’t know. We are all Dogstar fans.”
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And Michael Cera makes all the girls scream.
Good for him.
This needed more Matthew Patel.
Uh, is it just me or did they loot the equipment trailer for the Dead Weather, because the guitar and bass are the same ones Jack White and Jack Lawrence use, no?
Actually no, not at all. The Dead Weather play Gretsch guitars.
You guys, thanks for all the support! Make you sure you come check us out at Bonnaroo 2011!
But see, I get what’s going on here. This is an ironic commentary on their own hipster irony– some kind of meta indie-bomb, dropped to out-irony us all.
http://mrshuffleupagus.blogspot.com/2010/12/mister-heavenly-is-indie-superforce.html
this band. like i get it, i see the musical thread between man man, islands and modest mouse, but actually it would just be better if it was a new Man Man record. Michael Cera’s a QTP, no complaints here.
Disappointed no evil exes showed up for a bass battle. Cowards.
This is really good music.
Wow, this is really catchy. I was expecting mostly root-chasing on the bass, but I was impressed. Looks like Michael Cera is good at playing bass, as well as awkward teenagers.