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...
