Frog Eyes

Infobox musical artist
Name = Frog Eyes


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Origin = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Genre = Alternative, Indie rock
Years_active = 2001–present
Label = Absolutely Kosher
Associated_acts = Destroyer
Wolf Parade
Sunset Rubdown
Swan Lake
Current_members = Carey Mercer
Melanie Campbell
Michael Rak
Ryan Beattie
Past_members = Grayson Walker
Spencer Krug
McCloud Zicmuse

Frog Eyes are an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The quartet is led by singer/guitarist Carey Mercer and is known for their highly idiosyncratic songs, which pit Mercer's unhinged, melodic vocals against a swirling mass of guitar, keyboards, and drums. Drummer Melanie Campbell (also Mercer's wife) notably uses a 'found object' as part of her drums set, the so-called "dinger."

Prior to Frog Eyes, Mercer was in Blue Pine, who released one self-titled album and whose unreleased second album was later appended to the reissue of Frog Eyes' debut, "The Bloody Hand". Mercer also has a solo project, Blackout Beach, and has released one album (Light Flows the Putrid Dawn) and one single under that name. Different versions of three Blackout Beach songs appear on Frog Eyes releases.

Frog Eyes performed with Destroyer in live shows and on Dan Bejar's album "Notorious Lightning & Other Works". This collaboration led to the formation of Swan Lake, a "songwriter's project" with Dan Bejar of Destroyer/The New Pornographers and Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown/Wolf Parade.

At the end of their European tour in 2008, Frog Eyes have announced that they will continue working on a new album.

Members

*Carey Mercer
*Melanie Campbell
*Michael Rak
*Ryan Beattie

Past members

*Grayson Walker
*McCloud Zicmuse
*Spencer Krug

Discography

* "The Bloody Hand" (2002) Global Symphonic
* "Emboldened Navigator" (2003) Soft Abuse
* "The Golden River" (2003) Animal World/Global Symphonic
* "The Folded Palm" (2004) Absolutely Kosher
* "Ego Scriptor" (2004) Absolutely Kosher
* "The Future Is Inter-Disciplinary or Not at All" (2006) Acuarela
* "Tears of the Valedictorian" (2007) Absolutely Kosher

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/frogeyes MySpace: Frog Eyes]
* [http://www.absolutelykosher.com/frogeyes.htm Absolutely Kosher: Frog Eyes]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:19841vk3zzua Frog Eyes] on Allmusic.com
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42587-tears-of-the-valedictorian Pitchfork's review of "Tears of the Valedictorian"]
* [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17926/Frog_Eyes_The_Bloody_Hand_The_Golden_River Pitchfork's review of "The Golden River"]
* [http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2006/06/an_interview_wi_1.html Interview (06/2006)]
* [http://www.junkmedia.org/index.php/photos/hood/quick/issue20.html?i=1170 Interview (08/2004)]

ee also

*List of bands from British Columbia