Blackout Beach - Skin Of Evil

(Soft Abuse) CD
Solo outing from Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes & Swan Lake. It is an idiosyncratic alliance of experimental rock, avant pop & gospel celebration. Skin Of Evil sits along nicely not just with the usual art-rock proponents but the later epic opuses of Scott Walker as well. Mercer’s vocal histrionics are framed with deeper production sensibilities, a marriage of the usual guitar approach with synthetic textures & arrangements. A nice extra-curricular endeavor from one of Victoria’s finest.