Michele Mercure’s Eye Chant marks the inaugural offering from Freedom To Spend. Mercure originally issued Eye Chant in 1986 under her then married name Michele Musser. The privately pressed album has become a sought after document of time. Mercure was part of a group of American musicians in the 80s dabbling with new and cutting edge instrument technologies including Laurie Paisley, Don Slepian, and The Nightcrawlers. “Tour de France (Day 2)” and “100% Bridal Illusion” were used respectively for a PBS TV special and a performance art piece, while Eye Chant was produced in part through a grant from The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and The Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia First edition of 500 copies housed in letterpressed, sustainable jackets designed by Will Work For Good, with liner notes by Jed Bindeman, a founding member of Freedom To Spend