indie rock
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British Columbia
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2010 Polaris Music Prize
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Destroyer
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.
History
Frog Eyes is led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Carey Mercer. Drummer Melanie Campbell and Mercer are married, and were Frog Eyes' only two permanent members. Campbell is originally from
Penticton
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,
British Columbia
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, as is former member
Spencer Krug
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.
Mercer's prior band Blue Pine, with drummer Lily Fawn and Frog Eyes bassist Michael Rak, released two records, although the second remained unreleased during the band's existence, instead being released as a bonus album appended to the reissue of Frog Eyes' debut, ''
The Bloody Hand
''The Bloody Hand'' is the debut album by Frog Eyes
Frog Eyes are an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada fronted by Carey Mercer. Their 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Musi ...
''. Mercer also has a solo project, Blackout Beach, and has released four albums and a single under that name. Alternate versions of four Blackout Beach songs appear on Frog Eyes releases. In 2003 they released ''The Golden River'', which appeared on the
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National Top 50 chart in August that year.
Frog Eyes performed with
Destroyer
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Swan Lake
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Spencer Krug
Spencer Krug ( ) (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian musician. He is the singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the indie rock band Wolf Parade and also records under the name Moonface. He has also performed with other Canadian bands including Su ...
of
Sunset Rubdown
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Wolf Parade
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. Frog Eyes performed at Wavelength No. 177 in August 2003 (
Wavelength Music Arts Projects
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). In 2007 the band released ''Tears of the Valedictorian''.
On April 26, 2010, Frog Eyes released their fifth full-length studio album, '' Paul's Tomb: A Triumph,'' in the UK. It was released a day later in the US. It is the band's first release on
Bloomington, Indiana
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indie label
Dead Oceans
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. Around the same time Mercer and Campbell had a son. ''Carey's Cold Spring'', Frog Eyes' sixth album did not feature Campbell and she was temporarily replaced by Matt Skillings. The album was long listed for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize Award.
Frog Eyes' seventh studio album, ''Pickpocket's Locket'', was released on August 28, 2015. The first single, ''Joe With the Jam'', was released on June 29, 2015. The second single, ''Two Girls'', released on August 6, 2015, was selected for the top 10 tracks of the week by
Consequence of Sound
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.
In March 2018, the band announced it would release its final album, ''Violet Psalms'', accompanied by a farewell tour ending in July of the same year.
On February 9, 2022, Frog Eyes announced that they had reunited and would be releasing an album entitled ''The Bees'' on Paper Bag Records on April 29 of that year. They also released a single from that album, ''When You Turn on the Light''.
Discography
* ''
The Bloody Hand
''The Bloody Hand'' is the debut album by Frog Eyes
Frog Eyes are an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada fronted by Carey Mercer. Their 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Musi ...
'' (2002) Global Symphonic
* Split w/ Jerk with a Bomb single (2002) Global Symphonic
* '' Emboldened Navigator EP'' (2003) Soft Abuse
* ''
The Golden River
''The Golden River'' is the second full length album by Canadian indie rock band Frog Eyes. It is critically acclaimed and regarded by many as their best work.
Track listing
#"One in Six Children Will Flee in Boats" – 4:15
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'' (2003) Animal World/Global Symphonic
* ''
Ego Scriptor
''Ego Scriptor'' is a 2004 album by Frog Eyes
Frog Eyes are an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada fronted by Carey Mercer. Their 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Pr ...
'' (2004)
Absolutely Kosher
Absolutely may refer to:
* ''Absolutely'' (Boxer album), the second rock music album recorded by the band Boxer
* ''Absolutely'' (Madness album), the 1980 second album from the British ska band Madness
* ''Absolutely'' (ABC album), a comprehensi ...
Absolutely Kosher
Absolutely may refer to:
* ''Absolutely'' (Boxer album), the second rock music album recorded by the band Boxer
* ''Absolutely'' (Madness album), the 1980 second album from the British ska band Madness
* ''Absolutely'' (ABC album), a comprehensi ...
Absolutely Kosher
Absolutely may refer to:
* ''Absolutely'' (Boxer album), the second rock music album recorded by the band Boxer
* ''Absolutely'' (Madness album), the 1980 second album from the British ska band Madness
* ''Absolutely'' (ABC album), a comprehensi ...
* ''Frog Eyes/ Hello Blue Roses 7"'' (2008)
Absolutely Kosher
Absolutely may refer to:
* ''Absolutely'' (Boxer album), the second rock music album recorded by the band Boxer
* ''Absolutely'' (Madness album), the 1980 second album from the British ska band Madness
* ''Absolutely'' (ABC album), a comprehensi ...
Dead Oceans
Dead Oceans is an American independent record label formed in 2007 and based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Dead Oceans is part of Secretly Group, which also ...