Frog Eyes announce new album ‘The Open Up,’ share “I See the Same Things”

Frog Eyes, the long-running Canadian indie rock band led by Carey Mercer, returned from a brief hiatus with 2022’s The Bees, and now they’ve announced another new album, The Open Up, due March 7 via Paper Bag (pre-order). It includes their 2024 single “E-E-Y-O-R-E (That’s Me!),” as well as the just-released “I See the Same Things,” which finds the band sounding as triumphant and delightfully off-kilter as ever. It comes with a video directed by Derek Janzen, who says:

This is the 6th video collaboration I’ve done with Frog Eyes now, but somehow is the first time we’ve managed to feature the band into the visual stew. This project felt special right from the beginning, and getting to work with Carey and Shyla, along with the collaboration of the Western Front to highlight this slice of Vancouver art history was deeply rewarding.

With “I See the Same Things”, I think the song title along evokes the notion of what Carey is describing, this “smoothing” of things in the digital world. So spaces like the Western Front feel so precious as a tangible place for art to exist and continue to be created. And if I’ve done my job right, the act of viewing the archiving of these works and maintaining this history end up acting as a form of art in themselves.

Check it out below. The album was produced by John Raham, and the lineup on this album is Carey plus Ryan Beattie (bass, vocals), Shyla Seller (keys), and Melanie Campbell (drums).

Tracklist
Television, a Ghost in My Head
E-E-Y-O-R-E (That’s Me!)
I Walk Out of There (Ambulance Song)
Put a Little Light on the Wretch That Is Me
I’m a Little at a Loss
I See the Same Things
Adam Is My Brother’s Friend
Chin Up
Trash Crab
The Open Up Dream on a Lost Receipt

Frog Eyes — 2025 Tour Dates
May 16 – The Dance Cave – Toronto
May 17 – 27 Club – Ottawa
May 18 – Casa Del Popolo – Montreal
May 21 – Wolfe Island Hotel – Kingston
May 22 – Sonic Hall – Guelph
May 23 – Mills Hardware – Hamilton
May 24 – Paddy’s Underground – Tillsonburg