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, as is former member

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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''. 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

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's album '' Notorious Lightning & Other Works''. This collaboration led to the formation of

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. Frog Eyes performed at Wavelength No. 177 in August 2003 (

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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

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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

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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'' (2002) Global Symphonic * Split w/ Jerk with a Bomb single (2002) Global Symphonic * '' Emboldened Navigator EP'' (2003) Soft Abuse * '' The Golden River'' (2003) Animal World/Global Symphonic * '' Ego Scriptor'' (2004) Absolutely Kosher * '' The Folded Palm'' (2004) Absolutely Kosher * '' The Future Is Inter-Disciplinary or Not at All'' (2006) Acuarela * '' Tears of the Valedictorian'' (2007) Absolutely Kosher * ''Frog Eyes/ Hello Blue Roses 7"'' (2008) Absolutely Kosher * '' Paul's Tomb: A Triumph'' (2010)

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* ''Carey's Cold Spring'' (2013)