Everyone and their brother has heard of Wolf Parade. And most of their brothers have also heard of Sunset Rubdown. And people here and there and all about have heard of acts such as Destroyer, Handsome Furs, and Swan Lake. So why has Frog Eyes, yet another band somehow related to the Wolf Parade family ( *see the end of this article for the ridiculous relation), withstood the onslaught of recognition granted to their brethren, coming out clean and eccentric with most of their anonymity intact? Well, a pretty good guess would be that Frog Eyes' lantern-jawed lead man, Carey Mercer, appears to be a bit of a crazy bastard, and that they predate the Wolf Parade phenomenon, and therefore weren't privy to all the hype which comes from "popular band offshoot status." But if you listen really carefully to Sunset Rubdown's latest album, you can hear Mercer's influence all over it, from the freedom to rant and rave, to the unrelenting energy, to the sheer madman brilliance of it all. So, if you want to see a man who has had an influence on a whole bunch o' good, while not truly getting his own due, tune in to Club DeVille on Thursday....