Frog Eyes are about ready to croak: announce final album and farewell tour

How long do frogs typically live, anyway? Vancouver-based indie rock foursome Frog Eyes have been keepin’ it cold-blooded since like 2001 (it’s amazing that they haven’t been stepped on by now!) — so it’s probably only fittingly humane that the band has announced that they’ll be putting themselves to sleep after the release of their 11th and final full-length studio album Violet Palms — which is due May 18 on Paper Bag Records.

Created by the band “at home,” alpha-amphibian Carey Mercer says the band’s goal was “to block out the world, focusing on what they could grow down there, four musicians in a basement.” In that sense, the group’s last riiiiiibbit serves as a fitting (if not exactly “sonorous”) echo of their very first: “we were trying to pretend it was our first record,” Mercer says, stressing the intent to simply “capture the energy of a debut,” the freedom you feel “when there’s no expectation that anyone will actually listen.”

“B-b-b-but,” you ask, “isn’t there anything I can DO to SAVE THE POOR FROGS?!?” Sadly, no. The prognosis is terminal. But if you really want to help send-off your fellow vertebrates with the comfiest coffins possible, you can pre-order Violet Palms from Paper Bag right here and check out the track “Idea Man” down below, followed by the full album tracklist and a list of the band’s final hops around the US and Canada this summer. RIP, little buddies. <3

Violet Palms tracklisting:

01. A Strand of Blue Stars
02. Little Mothers
03. Idea Man
04. On a Finely Sewn Sleeve
05. Don’t Sleep Under Stars
06. Sleek as the Day is Done
07. Your Boss’s Shirt
08. Itch of Summer Knees
09. Unconscious Missive
010. Pay for Fire

Frog legs:

05.11.18 - Kamloops, British Columbia - TBA ^
05.12.18 - Kelowna, British Columbia - Milkcrate Records ^
05.18.18 - Toronto, Ontario - The Handlebar ^
05.19.18 - Montreal, Quebec - Bar le “Ritz” PDB ^
05.20.18 - Ottawa, Ontario - The Warehouse ^
05.21.18 - Hamilton, Ontario - Mill’s Hardware ^
05.25.18 - Victoria, British Columbia - Copper Owl ^
05.26.18 - Vancouver, British Columbia - China Cloud ^
06.29.18 - Bellingham, WA - Shakedown Tavern ^
06.30.18 - Portland, OR - The Bunk Bar ^
07.01.18 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern ^
07.03.18 - Los Angeles, CA - The Moroccan Lounge ^$
07.05.18 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill ^$
07.07.18 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere: Zone One ^%
07.08.18 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s ^
07.09.18 - Washington, DC - DC9 Club ^

^ Hello Blue Roses
$ The Skygreen Leopards
% Zachary Cale

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