Vancouver indie-rockers Frog Eyes are preparing for the release of, The Bees, their first album in four year, which Paper Bag Records will release on April 29th.
Ahead of its release comes the lead single “I Was An Oligarch” a track that taps into a unique world of an experimental yet soaring anthemic indie rock sound, one that transports you into a sonic world totally unique and of their own. There is a lush and dreamy quality that does a great dance with its more art rock qualities, sounding like a bold mix between Wolf Parade and Destroyer.
Speaking on the brand new single, Carey Mercer (vocals/guitar) wrote:
The song comes from considering a very specific and rarified moment in my life. I was 19, 20, 21. I wasn’t playing much music, maybe a little drums. I didn’t care about music—I might have had ten tapes that I would listen to while painting, mostly recordings of Brave New Waves that I had taped to listen to in the day. Everyone else had music, they were always playing it. I did love to go to little concerts at the sports bar, in part to mess with the band, to tear them down from their 8” stage in the corner of the sports bar, to swill pitchers and disrupt their set and somehow, in my thinking, become one with them, to ascend like a little oligarch. Then I bought an Aria Pro II hollowbody guitar from my best friend’s uncle Denny and, regrettably, became one of them.
Enjoy a listen to “I Was An Oligarch” now below.
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