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As if Carey Mercer-- of Frog Eyes and Swan Lake fame-- didn't have enough going on already, we get this: Skin of Evil is the sophomore set from Blackout Beach, Mercer's solo project, which follows 2004's Light Flows the Putrid Dawn.

The disc is due December 2 from Soft Abuse, and Mr. Mercer was kind enough to write up a little note for Pitchfork readers in advance of the album's release. It reads:

"I wrote this record because I desired to make something that stays on task. I picked an easy task: desire, longing, flight, the sorrow of absence...the DNA of most good songs. The heart of the record is simple to describe: beautiful Donna and the men she has left. Eight past lovers, some bitter, some crushed, all in some state of duress, all still in love. Each dude gets his song. Donna gets her song. William, her boyfriend, gets his song."

Check out Skin of Evil's cover art below. Guess that's Donna?

Mercer's Frog Eyes have no live engagements on the way, but a Blackout Beach tour is expected in the coming months.



Skin of Evil:

01 Cloud of Evil
02 Biloxi, in a Grove, Cleans Out His Eyes
03 Three Men Drown in the River
04 William, the Crowd, It's William
05 The Roman
06 Woe to the Minds of Soft Men
07 The Whistle
08 Nineteen, One God, One Dull Star
09 Sophia, Donna, I Was Down the River Waiting
10 Astoria, Menthol Lite, Hilltop, Wave of Evil 1982