Carey Mercer is a busy man. Between leading Frog Eyes (TMT Review) and sharing the lead in Swan Lake (TMT Review), you'd think there was already enough on his plate. This is obviously not the case, as Mercer will be releasing his second full-length solo album under the moniker Blackout Beach later this year. The album is called Skin of Evil and arrives December 2 via Soft Abuse. This non-animal...
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Blackout Beach [Official Site, Myspace] is the solo nom de guerre of Carey Mercer (from Frog Eyes and Swan Lake), and Skin of Evil is his second full-length, and it tells the story of ...
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Blackout Beach , Skin of Evil (Soft Abuse ) WHO Frog Eyes frontman Carey Mercer going it alone. DISCOGRAPHY Light Flows the Putrid Dawn (Soft Abuse , 2004) Skin of Evil (Soft Abuse , 2009) IN A NUTSHELL As per everything related to Carey Mercer, Skin of Evil is more than a little unsettling, but it's still absolutely riveting. THE STORY Up until I started listening to Skin of ...
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Blackout Beach have announced details of their new record. Skin Of Evil will be released on January 20th.While you're waiting you can get an MP3 for the ridiculously long-titled track "Astoria, Menthol Line, Hilltop, Wave of Evil, 1982" here .Blackout Beach is the side project by Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes.Blackout Beach's Myspace
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Frog Eyes mastermind Carey Mercer also records as Blackout Beach: 2004's Light Flows the Putrid Dawn is an inky, dramatic Bowie-on-downers favorite. Judging from "Cloud Of Evil," the lead (and opening) track from the forthcoming sophomore followup Skin Of Evil , Mercer's working some of the Birthday Party/Bad Seeds' percussion (and more Scott Walker operatics) into the mix. The song begins with...
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Blackout Beach's Skin Of Evil is a monster of an album, and not just because Carey Mercer often sounds like one while incanting his dark Bowie-on-Scott Walker woe. A month or so ago we gave you "Cloud Of Evil " from the Frog Eyes frontman's second solo offering (it follows 2004's Light Flows The Putrid Dawn ). The release date was pushed back some, so please take home album closer "Astoria, Men...
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