Carey Mercer: Phoning It In

Back in March, Carey Mer­cer was fea­tured on Phon­ing It In, a weekly radio pro­gram on WMBR Cam­bridge and WBSR Prov­i­dence, in which musi­cal guests lit­er­ally per­form over the phone. Mer­cer did some old Frog Eyes mate­r­ial, three new (pre­sum­ably) Frog Eyes songs (“Ambas­sador,” “Car­a­van Break­ers,” and “Future Fortress”), and a song from the upcom­ing debut of his Bejar/Krug col­lab, Swan Lake (“The Par­ti­san But He’s Got To Know”). The sound qual­ity is under­stand­ably awful, but you can think of it as charm­ing if you want.

The Phon­ing It In blog is worth sub­scrib­ing to, as the show fea­tures some inter­est­ing per­for­mances. Hard­core Frog Eyes fans will also want to check out don’t laugh don’t choke, a fan­tas­tic resource with news, bootlegs, a forum, and more.