Swan Lake
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Zachary Cale’s Duskland
Zachary Cale's album might sound timeless, yet it's rooted in a very specific time: sunset. But the sunset of what? A day, an empire, an era?
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Jessica Pratt’s On Your Own Love Again
Jessica Pratt’s second album is a total beauty. And not just because it illustrates the difference between letting yourself be and capital-B Being.
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Viet Cong’s Cassette
What does it mean when a band from a conservative Canadian town names itself after Southeast Asian Communist rebels from the '60s?
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Protomartyr’s Under Color of Official Right
One month or one year ago — it doesn't really matter now — somewhere and some time — I can't remember — in this late-era at least, in the...
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks His Battle with Cancer and How He Learned to Respect Death.
An essay about bringing a curse upon myself and my family by naming a record Fuck Death, and my repentance, and what I did in July...
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake, Blackout Beach) Talks Josephine Foster’s Blood Rushing
Josephine Foster's Blood Rushing was recorded in the Colorado mountains, high up in the gold-green air — recorded as a band playing together...





