Catalog Number: PAPER159LP Format: LP UPC: 880893015912 Carey Mercer formed the band Frog Eyes, which includes he and his wife Melanie Campbell, in 2001, however, Mercer has been a constant force in the music world since 1996 and he formed groups such as Blackout Beach and Swan Lake. Mercer had been working on his newest album as Frog Eyes titled Carey's Cold Spring since 2010. In the last few years Mercer's personal life changed dramatically with the passing of his father, someone extremely close to him not only personally but also musically. Before the record was finished, he had played the last track, "Claxxon's Lament", acoustically for his father who was then in a hospice and in his final stages of life.