Enemy Mine

swan lake is the musical group featuring celebrated songwriter-mystics daniel bejar (of destroyer and new pornographers), spencer krug (of sunset rubdown and wolf parade) and carey mercer (of frog eyes and blackout beach). together they recorded 'enemy mine', their nine-song second album, in victoria, british columbia, in early 2008, a little more than a year after the release of their well-received debut collaboration, 'beast moans', also on jagjaguwar. while their debut album was a beautifully-weaved mash-up of their disparate song-writing styles, often with layer upon layer of various melodies and stylistics thrown into a collaborative cauldron to magical, and at times discordant effect, their second album 'enemy mine' reflects a more stripped-down, more deliberate approach to collaboration. it's as if they really tried to just make nice songs together. on jagjaguwar.