Carey Mercer
Carey Mercer (born c. 1975) is a Canadian musician best known for his work as lead singer of the indie rock band Frog Eyes and his work in Swan Lake and Blackout Beach. Overview. Following the breakup of the Canadian indie rock band Blue Pine in 2001, members Mercer and Michael Rak reunited to form a new group. Recruiting Mercer's roommate Spencer Krug and wife Melanie Campbell, the four began writing music under the moniker Frog Eyes. Mercer also began writing music on the side for his solo project Blackout Beach, and in 2004, released the album  Light Flows the Putrid Dawn through Soft Abuse Records. His follow-up, "Skin of Evil" was released January 27, 2009. In November 2011, he released "Fuck Death" on Dead Oceans. Mercer, his longtime drummer and wife Melanie Campbell, and Dante Decaro re-recorded these takes into the record "Blues Trip", released digitally by the band and on vinyl by Soft Abuse Records on February 18, 2013. In 2006, Mercer teamed up with comrades Spencer Krug (of Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade) and Dan Bejar (of Destroyer and The New Pornographers) to form the supergroup Swan Lake. The band released "Beast  Moans" through Jagjaguwar Records on November 21, 2006. "Enemy Mine", the second album from Swan Lake was released on March 24, 2009. On March 25, 2020, Mercer announced he was forming a new band called Soft Plastics. He also announced the band's first LP, titled "5 Dreams", and released a single: "Rope off the Tigers."