Stereogum — The exuberantly layered “Lear In Love” is the first Frog Eyes to remind me of Katy Perry. It’s the repeated “I kissed a girl” toward the end of the track. Not much, no, but Carey Mercer’s too sharp and thoughtful a lyricist and purveyor o... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-22 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ** with Plants and Animals more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-17-20 Austin, TX - SXSW04-21 Quebec City, Quebec - Theatre Petit Champlain *04-22 Montreal, Quebec - La Tuplipe *04-23 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon04-24 Peterborough, Ontario - The Red Dog04-26 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater04-28 Winnipeg, Manitob... more info

Silent Uproar — Frog Eyes have inked a deal with Dead Oceans and will release Paul's Tomb: A Triumph on April 27th. The effort is reportedly a "thunderous, frantic, fiery return." Download "A Flower in a Glove" on the label's site. [deadoceans.com] more info

Said the Gramophone — Frog Eyes - "A Flower in a Glove" Beginning with legs, jeans, socks, shoes, polish and a ring. Desdemona drinking a glass of milk, still drinks milk, an unbreakable habit for peanut butter toast. A distant family, father in... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — It's been nearly three years since the wound-up, grandiose Canadian indie band Frog Eyes released Tears of the Valedictorian, their last album, though frontman Carey Mercer has stayed plenty busy with his work in Swan Lake and Blackout Beach. The ban... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Coconut and the Duke: "Pilate's Dream (from Jesus Christ Superstar)" [mp3] other Coconut and the Duke posts at Largehearted Boy Frog Eyes: "Frog in a Glove" [mp3] from Paul's Tomb: A Triumph (out April... more info

Stereogum — Led by sagacious howler, songwriter, and occasional op-ed writer Carey Mercery, Frog Eyes are following 2007's Tears Of The Valedictorian with Paul's Tomb: A Triumph. We've only heard the collection's 9-minute opener "A Flower In A Glove," but so far... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Although the human mind is a unique and complex entity, there are certain things that even the most different and bizzare of brains can share. While we may not agree on which artists we love above others, I'd venture to say there are a handful of mu... more info

Stereogum — A couple of days ago Frog Eyes frontman/Swan Lake member Carey Mercer sent us a link to an article in the Edmonton Journal that discussed a clause in the contracts signed by performers at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics that barred them from... more info