The Bloody Hand Explained

The Bloody Hand
Type:Album
Artist:Frog Eyes
Cover:FrogEyes-TheBloodyHand.jpg
Released:February 2002
Recorded:2001
Genre:Indie rock
Label:Global Symphonic
Next Title:The Golden River
Next Year:2003

The Bloody Hand is the debut album by Frog Eyes, and was released in 2002 on Global Symphonic Records. The album was reissued by Absolutely Kosher Records on April 18, 2006 with nine extra tracks.

Track listing

2002 release
  1. "Sound Travels from the Snow to the Dark"
  2. "The Fox Speaks to His Wife Who is Not Quite Sure"
  3. "Krull Fire Wedding"
  4. "The Mayor Laments the Failures of His Many Townsfolk"
  5. "Our Lordship Has Devised a New Billing System"
  6. "The Horse Used to Wear a Crown"
  7. "The Fruit that Fell From the Tree"
  8. "Silence But for the Gentle Tinkling of the Flowing Creek"
  9. "The Secret Map Has Mistakes"
  10. "The Hardest Night to Sleep in the Swamplands"
  11. "Libertatia's National Lullaby"

Seagull Is On The Rise

The reissue of this album contained the unreleased album by Blue Pine, the band that would evolve into Frog Eyes, called Seagull Is On The Rise. Blue Pine consisted of Carey Mercer, Michael Rak, Eric Nyburg, and Jana Wessel.

Track listing

  1. "(Intermission)"
  2. "Seagulls on the Rise"
  3. "One Considers Sailing On"
  4. "Tyranny of Sight and Tyranny of Seeing"
  5. "Picture Framing"
  6. "Buttercup"
  7. "Drinking: The Song"
  8. "Body Body"
  9. "Lost in a Godless Sea"
  10. "Before They Was Killed in a Car Crash"