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 a gallop, before turning into a spectral and swarming pulpit-burning conversation between Carey and hi...
Radio Exile — Blackout Beach [Official Site] 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 stor... more info
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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 ... more info