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Sep 24, 2015It really does speak volumes about the groundswell of depth in his writing that a record with stakes this high don't feel like a step out of character, but rather a continuing stride through a storm.
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Sep 10, 2015This is Frog Eye’s most elegantly structured, premeditated, composed album ever. It is also miraculously, unexpectedly the band’s best to date.
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Aug 27, 2015Although warmer, almost folk-rock, Pickpocket’s Locket is as visceral an experience as any Mercer project, albeit in a new way.
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Aug 26, 2015Pickpocket's Locket stands as some of Mercer's most urgent and terse work to date.
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Aug 26, 2015Pickpocket’s Locket is an exceptionally cohesive album helped in large part by the instrumentation building on the foundation of Mercer’s lyrics and delivery.
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Aug 26, 2015Mercer has allowed his lyrics to become more expansive and less cohesive. For this reason, they need room to resonate, to sink in.
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MagnetSep 22, 2015While there's no lack of drama on Locket, it's a missing the bombast of yore--which is to say that if you hated Frog Eyes before, you might dig this one. [No. 124, p.57]
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Aug 31, 2015Pickpocket's Locket is less furious than most of Frog Eyes' body of work, but if the music doesn't kick as hard the emotions are still there in abundance, and Carey Mercer's songs of love and hate remain compelling and rewarding stuff.
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UncutAug 26, 2015An album of well-crafted discreet songs. [Oct 2015, p.76]
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Aug 31, 2015It's startling to realize Pickpocket’s Locket is the odd Carey Mercer release you can almost mellow out to. Once you delve deeper than the pleasant aesthetic, however, it's hard not to wish for a few more distinguishing moments to hold onto.