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A remixed, remastered reissue of When You Land Here, It's Time To Return, the 1997 debut album by Flake Music, comes out Nov. 25. Singer James Mercer would later become famous for his work in The Shins and Broken Bells.

First Listen: Flake Music, ‘When You Land Here, It’s Time To Return’

Before James Mercer became famous in The Shins, he sang in a like-minded band called Flake Music. Its newly remixed, remastered and reissued 1997 debut contains many ideas he would later revisit.

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