Destroyer & Frog Eyes

Indie art rock legends Destroyer & Frog Eyes play rare solo performances

CVGBs presents, From Vancouver, Merge Recording Artists

DESTROYER

A special solo performance with Dan Bejar. From Victoria/Penticton, Paper Bag Recording Artists

FROG EYES An equally special solo performace with Carey Mercer with special guests

GLOBAL FAKE & PRANATRICKS

6 PM Friday July 24

Comox Valley Curling Centre 4835 Headquarters Road, Courtenay

Licensed all ages event.

$30 Advance tickets for 19+, or $15 discounted for minors at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cvgbs-presents-destroyer-tickets-1991432310649 or cvgbs.tickit.ca $35 tickets (cash only) at the door if not sold out.

DESTROYER

Poetic, shape‑shifting indie art‑rock—Dan Bejar turns sharp wit and lush melodies into a career of fearless, ever-evolving brilliance.

Based around band founder Dan Bejar's rakish vocals and obtuse songwriting persona, Destroyer has been in a constant state of evolution since starting out in 1995. Bejar split his time between Destroyer and other bands of note like the New Pornographers and Swan Lake, among others, but Destroyer gradually grew from their Bowie-esque indie folk of their early recordings into far more ambitious experiments with arrangement, instrumentation, and delivery. Bejar's laid-back yet theatrical songwriting presence sits at the center of every phase Destroyer goes through, from the acoustic-leaning melodrama of 2004's Your Blues to the cinematic lounge pop of 2011's Kaputt to experiments with synthesizers and spoken word on albums like 2020's Have We Met and dense pop orchestration on 2025's Dan's Boogie. Destroyer has released records listed by Exclaim! magazine as among the "ten best Canadian albums of all time", has been nominated multiple times for the Polaris Prize, been on countless Best of the Year lists...and is truly one of the most enigmatic singer songwriters of this century.

• https://www.mergerecords.com/artist/destroyer
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_(band)
• https://destroyer.bandcamp.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Destroyer/
• https://www.instagram.com/destroyer_band/

with special guests FROG EYES

Frog Eyes’ music is a feverish, theatrical strain of indie rock built around Carey Mercer’s unmistakable vocal style—quavering, urgent, and emotionally maximal—and songs that lurch between jagged intensity and fragile beauty. Their records often feel like surreal narratives delivered in bursts: guitars slash and shimmer, drums tumble forward with restless momentum, and Mercer’s lyrics spill out in dense, imagistic torrents. Across albums from The Golden River to Violet Psalms and their recent reunion releases, the band has carved out a singular sonic world—art‑rock that’s raw, strange, and deeply expressive, always sounding like it’s pushing against the edges of its own imagination.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_Eyes
• https://paperbagrecords.com/frog-eyes/
• https://www.facebook.com/FrogEyesBand/
• https://www.instagram.com/frogeyesmusic/
• https://www.allmusic.com/artist/frog-eyes-mn0000988108
• https://frogeyes.bandcamp.com/album/the-open-up

and local uber talents GLOBAL FAKE (Victoria/Courtenay) (members of The Jolts, TV Freaks, Night Mirrors)

Melodic punk rock and post punk from across van island. 3 piece with some beautiful and some dirty tunes.

• https://globalfake.bandcamp.com/album/western-decline
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILu0KKvIj5o

PRANATRICKS

Andrew Clements is Pranatricks and has been crazy busy releasing his new album Infiniteness, getting loads of cross Canada raves for his indie psych folk, wrapping up a tour...and is now planning a special set (with band and visuals) for Destroyer.

• https://pranatricks.com/
• https://pranatricks.bandcamp.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXC8pNorwKHptjIpSP7GGtw
• https://www.instagram.com/pranatricks/
• https://www.tiktok.com/@pranatricks?lang=en

CVGBs is a loose collective bringing oddball music, art, & culture to the Comox Valley. https://cvgbs.com/upcomingshows/