Paul's Tomb: A Triumph Explained

Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
Type:	Album
Artist:	Frog Eyes
Cover:	Paulstombatriumph.jpg
Released:	April 27, 2010
Genre:	Indie
Label:	Dead Oceans^[1]
Producer:	Daryl Smith/Carey Mercer
Prev Title:	Tears of the Valedictorian
Prev Year:	2007

Paul's Tomb: A Triumph is a 2010 album by Canadian indie rock band Frog Eyes.^[2] It was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.^{[3] [2]}

Critical reception

PopMatters called the album "the band’s most cohesive and expansive LP."^[4] Drowned in Sound wrote that "this record is at its best when it is direct, when [Carey] Mercer spews out gargled lines like a fountain, when it all clicks just so."^[5] The Village Voice wrote that the album "pitches the band at their most prolific and their most accessible, thanks to frequent burn-down-the-bar mitzvah-organ solos and Mercer’s quavering death cries."^[6]

Track listing

1. "A Flower In a Glove" – 9:08
2. "The Sensitive Girls" – 3:37
3. "Odetta's War" – 6:22
4. "Rebel Horns" – 4:22
5. "Lear, In the Park" 1:56
6. "Styled By Dr. Roberts" – 7:26
7. "Lear In Love" – 4:33
8. "Violent Psalms" – 3:59
9. "Paul's Tomb" – 8:01

Personnel

• Carey Mercer - vocals, guitar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frog Eyes, 'Paul's Tomb: A Triumph' (Dead Oceans). April 26, 2010. Spin.
2. Web site: Frog Eyes | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Paul's Tomb: A Triumph. Polaris Music Prize.
4. Web site: Frog Eyes: Paul's Tomb: A Triumph. April 26, 2010. PopMatters.
5. Web site: Album Review: Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph. DrownedInSound. 2020-09-24. 2021-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210617194957/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/15309/reviews/4139729. dead.
6. Web site: Frog Eyes+Beach Fossils+Pearly Gate Music | The Village Voice. www.villagevoice.com. 15 June 2010 .