Carey Mercer

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Name = Carey Mercer


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Background = solo_singer
Origin = Canada
Genre = Indie rock
Years_active = 2001 – Present
Label = Jagjaguwar Absolutely Kosher Global Symphonic
Associated_acts = Frog Eyes Swan Lake Blue Pine Blackout Beach
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Carey Mercer is a Canadian musician best known for his work as lead singer of the indie rock bands Frog Eyes and Swan Lake.

Overview

Following the breakup of the Canadian indie rock band Blue Pine in 2001, members Mercer and Michael Rak reunited to form a new group. Recruiting Mercer's roommate Spencer Krug and wife Melanie Campbell, the four began writing music under the moniker Frog Eyes.

Mercer also began writing music on the side for his solo project Blackout Beach, and in 2004, released the album "Light Flows the Putrid Dawn" through Soft Abuse Records. He is currently at work on a follow-up to the album, to be released in 2008.

In 2006, Mercer teamed up with friends Spencer Krug (of Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade) and Dan Bejar (of Destroyer and The New Pornographers) to form the supergroup Swan Lake. The band released "Beast Moans" through Jagjaguwar Records on November 21, 2006.

Discography

Blue Pine

* "Blue Pine LP" (2001) Global Symphonic

Frog Eyes

* "The Bloody Hand" (2002) Global Symphonic
* "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

Blackout Beach

* "Light Flows the Putrid Dawn" (2004) Soft Abuse

=Swan Lake=

* "Beast Moans" (2006) Jagjaguwar

External links

* Official website: [http://www.absolutelykosher.com/frogeyes.htm Frog Eyes]
* Official website: [http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=swanlake Swan Lake]
* Official website: [http://softabuse.com/artists/blackout_beach.html Blackout Beach]