Mount Eerie album streaming on NPR

I listened to it. It may be musically disappointing for some but it is so painfully real. No album has been made like this.

>Your transformed, dying face will recede with time
>Is what our counselor said
>Who we walked to every Monday holding hands
>Slower every week with your breathing
>Until we had to drive
>But then only two months after you died
>Our counselor died

ffffffuckk

Debating on whether or not I should see him live.
Have any of you seen him live before?
Thoughts?

>>71605225
once or twice.. he's worth seeing

>>71605095
So he gonna keep that shitty art cover

Your wife died you fucker. You could have done a better cover art for fuck's sake

>>71605250
thats a good cover dumbshirt

>>71605238
What's the atmosphere like? Do people sit? Can't imagine people dancing lol

>>71605250
>>71605272
Yeah I have no problem with the cover. It's a really nice poem too

>>71605272
its pretty bad not gonna lie

>>71605312
>>71605250
samefagalicious shamefaggot

did any of the npr guys cry yet

>>71605095
Will I cry anons?
I'm scared :(

>>71605345
Not really.

In the middle of studying for two midterms and finishing a paper I have tomorrow. Do I take a break to be emotionally raped by my favorite artist or nah?

>>71605410
Make your own decisions, faggot

why so many questions just listen to the damn thing if you're interested

stream rip when

>>71605410
don't do it
it will fucking murder you

>>71605299
was like 5 years ago but from what i remmber it was pretty chill except for a drunken old man in the crowd.

just downloaded it, gonna cut it into tracks and listen to that until it's available for free somewhere

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>tfw Phil sings "I went back to be alooooone there..." in Soria Moria

>>71605418
But I'm meek and feeble. I don't have a backbone or anything.
>>71605434
Thank you master

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>WRITTEN AND RECORDED
>August 31st to Dec. 6th, 2016 in the same room where Geneviève died, using mostly her instruments, her guitar, her bass, her pick, her amp, her old family accordion, writing the words on her paper, looking out the same window.
fucking hell

How long is the album?

>>71605250
That's a gorgeous cover, you doofus.

>>71605541
41 minutes

>>71605541
41 minutes
It says so on Phil's webstore.

Best of 2017 so far imo

>>71605541
check for yourself you lazy shit
but i checked for you and it's 41 minutes
still though you're lazy

>>71605529
That's beautiful. I hope he's doing as well as he can.

I'm seeing him live soon, is it a better idea to hold off until then or listen to it

>>71605586
how da fook he gonna play these songs live ya

>>71605592
He played the album live at his hometown's record store back in Januray, and he said Mount Eerie was going on tour again, so I might happen.
>>71605586
Up to you. Personally, I'd listen to it once or twice, learn the lyrics, and then go to the show.

>>71605529
>had a surprise bad cancer
Something tells me it was very hard for Phil to writ this.

>>71605642
I wonder why that was.

>>71605652
Hmm..

>>71605558
Not as good as the new Sun Kil Moon, sorry.

Our daughter is one and a half
You have been dead eleven days
I got on the boat and came to the place
Where the three of us were going to build our house if you had lived
You died though
So I came here alone with our baby and the dust of your bones
I can't remember, were you into Canada geese?
Is it significant
These hundreds on the beach?
Or were they just hungry
For mid-migration seaweed?
What about foxgloves
Is that a flower you liked?
I can't remember
You did most of my remembering for me
And now I stand untethered
In a field full of wild foxgloves
Wondering if you're there
Or if a flower means anything
And what could anything mean
In this crushing absurdity
I brought a chair from home
I'm leaving it on the hill
Facing west and north
And I poured out your ashes on it
I guess so you can watch the sunset
But the truth is I don't think of that dust as you

You are the sunset

>>71605679
jesus christ this album's lyrics are intense

>>71605672
*BELCH*
DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 76
I SEE THAT BRIDGE
I THINK OF THAT OLD GUY WHO DID THAT THING WHEN I WAS YOUNG
I'M GONNA SEE CAROLINE TONIGHT
I HATE THE FUCKING COUNTRY BUT IT'S MY HOME
*BELCH*

*cue ambient music with luscious hushed acoustic guitar*
Where are we going to be when we die?
I think about it all the time
I'm getting older
My stomach is bloated
*BELCH*

yeah, quite the AOTY we got there.

>>71605718
The man literally invented a new method of songwriting and storytelling

Years from now this will be seen as the Blonde on Blonde of the 2010's

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i don't want to feel this feel anymore

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>imagine having a daughter with the girl you love the most, this is hands down the happiest moment of your life and is followed by the worst, your wife having stage 4 pancreatic cancer, literally God saying fuck you, you're gonna die
>after months and months of fighting you watch her die in your arms, you give her clothes away to ease the pain but nothing works, then a package arrives for your wife and it's a backpack she bought for your kid when she goes to school years from now
>she knew she was gonna die and was going to miss all those beautiful moments so she wanted to be a part of it, maybe a little bit
>her memory haunts you day and night so what do you do, go to the room where she died, where she slept, you can still smell her perfume
>you look at her things, the things he touched everyday, you pick up her guitar and start playing and you start talking to her, you know she's gone but you can't help it, you need to be with her, you try to keep her alive with words and music, using her instruments
>no metaphors, fuck that, you just wanna talk to her, you want her to be alive, you try to keep her alive the only way you can
>as long as you play, she's alive

I can't get the image out of my head
Of when I held you right there
And watched you die
Upstairs in the back bedroom of our house
Where we have lived for many years
Your last gasping breaths
I see it again and again
As the breeze blew in
The room I still don't go in at night
Because I see you
Your transformed, dying face will recede with time
Is what our counselor said
Who we walked to every Monday holding hands
Slower every week with your breathing
Until we had to drive
But then only two months after you died
Our counselor died
All at once, her empty office with no light on
As if her work was done

We are all always so close to not existing at all
Except in the confusion of survived-bys grasping at the echoes
Today our daughter asked if momma swims
I told her, "Yes, she does"
And that's probably all she does."
Now
What was you is now borne across waves
Evaporating

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>>71605769
>I can't get the image out of my head
>Your last gasping breaths

What the fuck man

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>>71605758
i dont want to feel

I'm not looking forward to Geneviève spam

>>71605733
lol

yeah, no.

I am a container of stories about you
And I bring you up repeatedly, uninvited to
Do the people around me want to keep hearing about my dead wife?
Or does the room go silent when I mention you?
Shining alive, I live with your absence
And it's been two months since you died
I'll speak to your absence and carry our stories around my whole life
But when I'm in public, I don't know what's that look in their eyes
I now wield the power to transform a grocery store aisle into a canyon of pity and confusion
And mutual aching to leave

Mmm
Mmm

The loss in my life is a chasm I take into town
And I don't wanna close it
Look at me
Death is real

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>>71605873
>The loss in my life is a chasm I take into town
>And I don't wanna close it

>>71605758
nigga

anyone have a rip?

>>71605485
i'm waiting nigga

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>>71605485
>>71606025
>>71606045

Taken straight from the NPR stream

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me (2017)
https://mega.nz/#!iohHmaKQ!GnUXrT-ZdL8pwP2C6QHG5S1B_4puwHcTolvV3Z5fV0Q

>>71606065
thank you my dude

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>>71605873
>Phil's voice breaking when he says 'death is real'

>>71606082
Yep! Pardon the silly name I gave it. I heard Mega removes file uploads if they match the release name perfectly

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>>71606065
>that filename

>>71606065
Are you the same fucker that uploaded Spoon earlier? Your filenames are on point dude, thanks

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>>71606065
god help us

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tfw I finished the album

>>71606104
Nope. thanks though haha

>>71606065
make sure to post this in the sharethread

When his daughter gets older she may hear this album and feel her father's unbelievable pain

>>71605873
>I now wield the power to transform a grocery store aisle into a canyon of pity and confusion
goddamn

>>71605491
I just heard that part, hit me hard

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>Soria Moria hits
it's too fucking much.
why did it have to be her.

Jesus fucking Christ, this is a whole new level of dark

My god that was a rough listen, I love Phil so much :(
Some extremely beautiful moments and somehow some hopeful ones. I still can't help but feel wrong listening to this, like I'm an intruder in his home reading a diary. I just hope one day that his daughter will be able to listen to this and appreciate just how much Phil loves both of them

Is it just me or is the album a little... Aimless? Some of it is insanely beautiful but a lot of the time it's just him retreading on the fact that she is dead without much purpose or without saying much more. At times he seems to be expressing something but at other times he's kind of just running around in circles.

Good album regardless. And maybe my criticisms were apart of the point.

>We are all so close to not existing at all

>>71607487
Yeah, because grieving is a nice, pristine, cohesive process.

>>71607496
I never claimed otherwise. But you also pick and choose songs to create a cohesive experience in the end.

Sufjan had dozens of demos that eventually got cut into Carrie and Lowell and it led to him covering a lot more than just "death is real". Throughout the grieving process you generally go through a lot of different thoughts and realizations, not just the one.

>>71607506
people grieve differently.

>>71605095
Pretty pathetic of him to use his wife's death as a marketing strategy.

>>71607546
I'm going to skull-fuck you, anon.

>>71607487
>And maybe my criticisms were apart of the point.
I mean pretty much.

>>71607506
Conceptually this and C&L are such different albums despite just overall being about grief. Phil (whether for personal reasons or as an artistic statement or both) has presented this whole thing as he he experienced it, the song order seems to even be loosely chronological. Carrie and Lowell is an album about the grieving process, this album IS the grieving process, I don't think it's really fair to compare them in that way. Phil is presenting death as this overwhelmingly disorienting experience because that's probably how he was still feeling while recording it.

Not to mention the grief one experiences about the loss of their withholding, neglective mother is going to be wholly different from the tragic death of their fucking soulmate of over a decade with whom they just had a child with.

Fuck. Last week I got into Sun Kil Moon and this week this drops. Feels like autumn already.

how does one tell their daughter that they will never see their mother ever again?

>I almost changed my band name for this album because it doesn’t feel like a Mount Eerie album at all. But last time I changed my band name, it was such a pain in the ass to have to talk about it all the time, so I gave up on the idea.

>>71607578
I'm not saying Phil and Sufjan experienced the same thing. I just feel perhaps Phil could have reflected a bit more prior to releasing this. There are quite a few throwaway songs on it that make the exact same points repeatedly. I'm fine with this being the grieving process and I can understand that might lead to something that isn't masterfully put together but I do think the album would have benefited from him taking his time.

>>71607578
>>71607633
And not that it's important but Carrie and Lowell is also the grieving process. Sufjan made 30+ demos with no plan to release them, entirely for the sake of grieving, and then had a close friend pick through them, produce, and put together the album for him after he was told the content was too good not to release.

Another album that managed something a bit more interesting and articulate while also surrounded by brief is The Skeleton Tree which perhaps is closer to what Phil is experiencing.

>>71607633
>>71607658
Sufjan fans are the worst holy

>>71607676
Sufjan had very little to do with my point. The Skeleton Tree could also easily be used for comparison if you're for whatever reason biased against Sufjan.

>>71607633
>>71607658
Not him but I've listened to C&L to death (literally did not mean to make that pun) and it is so different from this album. I understand what you are saying but I feel like the first track perfectly describes what the album is going to be. Death is real, and it's not for singing about. This is not an album like C&L or Skeleton Tree are.

>>71607686
>>71607658
The Skeleton Tree isn't even about death. All lyrics were written before his son's death. People are projecting that his son's death had any impact on the album's content.

>>71607686
>MUH SON, MUH VAGUE AND MEANINGLESS LYRICS WRITTEN BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND REPACKAGED INTO A PRODUCT

>>71607705
*about his son's death

>>71607693
Yes but the entire album is him repeating "death is real" without adding anything onto that. Does Phil have no other thoughts regarding that sentiment? I have no issue with what he covers or the aim of the album. I also think the first song is significantly better written than the rest of the album frankly.

>>71607718
you obviously are unable to personally connect to this beautiful album, we get it, fuck off

>>71607738
I would simply prefer bad song writing not get a pass just because someone is sad.

>>71607705
Not him but to be fair, Nick Cave is notorious for jumping around during interviews to fuck with the clear life narrative that everyone wants today. It's highly likely that the album was not written before his death and that he is only saying that so the journalists wouldn't harp on it as much as they would if the album was written after his son's death. Not that that means anything in this conversation but I thought I would mention it.

>>71607718
>the entire album is him repeating "death is real" without adding anything onto that
Yeah, I only listened to it once and I got much more than that. Sure, it's something of a motif but still

>>71607633
>>71607658
Again, they're conceptually entirely different. There's not just one way to make an album. Phil could have refined this if he wanted to, and the fact that the songwriting all together is diaristic in a way he's never done before shows he is trying to do something different here. It's incredibly raw, I'm sure by design, and provides a unique look into the mind of someone still caught up in the middle of their grief. It would not have the same impact if done differently, which isn't to downplay the impact of Sufjan's or Cave's album, they're just different.

I mean he verbatim explains this all in the first song.

>>71607718
>Yes but the entire album is him repeating "death is real" THAT IS THE FUCKING POINT. He's not trying to ascribe any meaning to this (at least not overtly), he is showing as he is experiencing it and letting that speak for itself.

Also it's really fucking reductive to say he's "not adding anything to it". If anything he's tackling the same basic theme how different situations relate to it. That's like the definition of a cohesive album.

>>71607757
didn't mean to greentext that one part but whatever

Phil clearly isn't in a stable mindset. He's in a very weird, emotionally turbulent place. I mean, he let a Pitchfork writer into his home, shared even more personal things with the writer about Genevieve, then let him stay the night.

>>71607788
Jayson is a personal friend of Phil and had a similar tragic experience involving his child. I see nothing wrong with that article

>>71607788
Yeah he's clearly off his rocker, he should go back to being normal like when he wrote that album about being eaten by vultures and becoming one with the universe or that time he went and isolated himself in a remote cabin in norway for an entire winter.

>>71607803
I didn't know that he knew the writer. I didn't really get that from the article.

>>71607812
All I meant was, he's clearly having difficulty figuring out how to properly grieve and determining what is and what isn't appropriate. He even mentions in the article he wasn't even sure about releasing the album.

is there anything to this album besides "feels"?

how's the actual music?

>>71608341
not good
if you wanna fantasy about losing somebody this is the album for you

>>71608341
actually rather lovely at times, Ravens I find particularly beautiful musically. It reminds me of Through the Trees Pt. 2

>>71605250
Yeah, the cover AND the title are kinda "Well huh" for me, I've said before though that dude gets a pass on this project in particular to do whatever he wants imo.

Also, any luck on pre-orders trickling in yet?

>>71605410
are you me

non-shit quality when?

>>71605758
i wanna go lay down.

well that was devastating.

>>71608341
beuautiful

>>71605758
jesus christ anon

>>71605095
This is cheesy as fuck. Grieving for dead people is so fucking played out

Are lyrics written somewhere? I don't trust my english understanding abilities

>>71608897
are you fucking kidding me

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>pretending lyrics have anything to do with the music

>>71608935
I mean as a musical/lyrical device. It's cheap and overused. It's like the Autotune and "EPIC DROPS" of indie folk,

>>71608961
are you actually fucking kidding me lol

>>71608919
google the album + lyrics and theres at least one site with them all listed.

yeah phil really said fuck it to the music
should have just been poetry

>>71608999
Poetry Slam would have been even better.

phil is a fucking scam artist, used the 200k he got in kickstarter donations to fund this piece of shit album instead of getting his wife the care she needed

if anyone should be held responsible for her death it's him

>>71609056
the worst part is that you might actually be serious

>>71609056
yup, he probably spent $ 0 recording this piece of shit. The least we could have gotten would be a properly produced album.

>>71609064
you must admit the sound of this new album is total shit. basically nothing going on at all, just a guitar with boring melodies.

>>71609067
>it costs $0 to record, produce, and distribute an album in multiple countries

are you naive or just stupid?

holy fuck kill me

this is too painful to listen to

>>71609077
The distribution is the only part he spent money on, guaranteed.

>>71609074
the sound isn't total shit, it's just basic and not innovative.

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I brought a chair from home
I'm leaving it on the hill
Facing west and north
And I poured out your ashes on it
I guess so you can watch the sunset
But the truth is I don't think of that dust as you

You are the sunset

This is Phil's best album since Dawn.

>>71609101
Do you think recordings magically happen for free?

>>71609126
>innovative
Doesn't need to be.

>>71609159
Ones that sound like this album do. You could probably record this level of production on an Iphone even.

>>71609169
because it can't

I really like how he keeps mentioning the date of writing in the songs

>>71609171
>Iphone
Costs money
>>71609172
Doesn't matter if it could or not.

>>71609178
it does matter
this album couldn't be innovated if it tried.
i agree with the other guy should have been slam poetry

>>71609159
>>71609171
He recorded this all on a laptop in his wife's room with her instruments whenever his daughter was asleep or at a play date

>>71609169
Not saying it needs to be at all, just saying it doesn't sound like shit. I think it's a horribly beautiful look at love, life, death and grief.

>>71609183
>it does matter
Most music is not innovative. Almost everything you listen to.

Why is being innovative a rubric if it's pretty much unattainable?
>>71609184
>laptop
>instruments
Things that cost money
>>71609195
>Not saying it needs to be at all
Then why bring it up?

>>71609204
>Most music is not innovative. Almost everything you listen to.
don't project your taste onto mine.
this album in particular is unattainable at being innovated or musically good. lyrically its great but thats it

>>71609204
>Then why bring it up?
see >>71609074
I was just responding to this, talking about the sound, ya know, discussing the music on this music discussion board.

>>71609212
>don't project your taste onto mine.
Prove otherwise
>>71609212
>this album in particular is unattainable at being innovated [sic]
That's fine, it doesn't need to be
>>71609212
>or musically good
What's wrong with it? it's fine.

We are all always so close to not existing at all
Except in the confusion of our survived-bys grasping at the echoes
Today our daughter asked if mama swims
I told her, "Yes, she does
And that's probably all she does
Now."

oh boys im crying now

>>71609222
>talking about the sound, ya know, discussing the music on this music discussion board.
But that anon didn't bring up innovation either. So why bring it up?

>>71609225
>What's wrong with it? it's fine.
um? everything its really basic/bland and has nothing interesting going on. its just their to fill in spaces while he describes his pain

>>71609230
Because it's relevant to the sound, Phil's music is often innovative, something fans look forward to with each release. He often creates unique and interesting textures and noises we haven't heard before on his previous releases. This new release by an artist we are all familiar with being innovative not being innovative is certainly worth mentioning.

>>71609249
THE *clap emoji* POINT *clap emoji* IS *clap emoji* THE *clap emoji* LYRICS

criticizing this record is kind of pointless.

>>71609258
The point of poetry is lyrics.
The point of music is sound.

>>71609265
it shouldn't be. if that was the case every artist should just make records about their lost ones to avoid criticism

>>71609247
>everything its really basic
So? Does it need to be complex?
>nothing interesting going on
Supporting the lyrics (which is the point) isn't interesting?
>its just their to fill in spaces while he describes his pain
Wow what a concept, it's almost as if the music is fractured, like his emotions?
>>71609249
>Because it's relevant to the sound
Again, it's not. Most music is not innovative, so to point out a lack of innovation is a moot point, a non-topic. This is contemporary folk. Are you not familiar with this genre?
>He often creates unique and interesting textures and noises we haven't heard before on his previous releases
You mean ripping off NMH? That's not innovative either.
>>71609271
The point of a song is the combination of both. You aren't supposed to separate them

>>71609271
Lol rhythm is equally important in poetry

>>71609280
>So? Does it need to be complex?
never said that. it just needs to sound good and this record doesn't

>Supporting the lyrics (which is the point) isn't interesting?
to me no its not and i don't plan on revisiting this album based on how dry musically it sounds. i'll just read the lyrics


> You mean ripping off NMH? That's not innovative either.
alright nvm you have no clue what you are talking about.

>>71609271
Back to school kid.

>>71609295
>never said that
That's the implication if you think simplicity is a flaw. Nice try
>and this record doesn't
Why not? It sounds fine.
>to me no its not
Why not?
>dry musically
It's almost if that was intentional! What an amazing concept!

three people very close to me have died since last summer and this is killing me

>>71609280
>The point of a song is the combination of both. You aren't supposed to separate them
You're RIGHT a song is a combination of lyrics and music, so it is, then, completely reasonable to talk about the musicality of a song.

>>71609299
Great post, you've really convinced me with your hot opinions.

>>71609318
>so it is, then, completely reasonable to talk about the musicality of a song.
...only in relation to supporting the lyrics, which the music here does.

>>71609272
why does every piece of art need to be criticized?

if you don't like this but like Dawn you're being contrarian on purpose

>>71609311
This.

I don't really like Phil or his bands, but I'm giving this a chance because I went through the exact same thing he went though very recently, and I'm curious how he is putting this in his music, because I am having difficulty doing the same.

From my own experience, the lethargic and sparse instrumentation perfectly encapsulates how this actually feels.

>>71609310
>That's the implication if you think simplicity is a flaw. Nice try
again you keep projecting things i have not said
you can make great simple tracks like here for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuqXEZT0pxY


>Why not? It sounds fine.
subjectively it doesn't sound fine to me
>It's almost if that was intentional! What an amazing concept!
thats a great concept but its executed poorly here :)

>>71609335
because everyone has a right to an opinion Anon
its called Freedom of speech

>>71609327
Which, as I've said, I think it does just fine. It doesn't need to be innovative, I completely agree, I also agree that most music is not innovative. I still think it is relevant to mention that the sound on this album is not innovative as it is important in the greater scope of Phil's work.

>>71609364
and i have the same right to tell you shut the fuck up, too

>>71609350
>projecting
If you were able to prove this, then it would be a valid argument. But now you are just grasping for straws since you have no actual argument.
>you can make great simple tracks like here for example
Not innovative. Please discard.
>subjectively
Why not? "Subjectively" isn't a protection to prevent you from discussing music intelligently. If you can't do it, just leave
>thats a great concept but its executed poorly
How so?

>>71609344
i havent cried this hard in my entire life.

>>71609402
I've already done my share of crying.

>>71609409
i didnt. not once, not at any of the funerals, but right now its all coming out at once

>>71609364
>why does it need to be
>because i can
wow truly enlightened my eyes have been opened

of course you can, the question was why do you consider all art to be something that needs to be scrutinized?

is there a sadder album than this?

>>71609680
Hospice is sadder

>>71609713
But more contrived

>>71607633
>>71607658
Sufjan's album's a piece of shit.
A watered down, poppy, accessible album that talks about "woah I'm masturbating and gay wow"

Phil isn't pretentious so he didn't cloak the harsh feelings of this album in guitar arpeggi and soft electronic effects. The tragedy isn't dulled by trendy indie folk.

Fuck off.

>>71607749
You got any further links on that?

Interesting theory and I'd like to read more

>>71608961
did you set out to make no sense, or are you just too dumb to realize you're not comparing similar elements

>>71609325
weak a$$ response bud

>>71609074
>>71609249
>>71609295
You know fucking nothing about Phil if you think his releases are "always innovative" or other bullshit. That's the last thing he's concerned with. He's not pretentious like you.

>>71610025
Why does something being innovative mean it's pretentious?

>>71610014
Oh fuck (sorry, f**k), you've got me again

>>71610032
You're pretentious in the traditional definition:
>attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
You claim to know Phil's body of work and say it's "always innovative" when he has NEVER been innovative. Listen to early Mount Eerie work: most of it is just standard acoustic folk. What Phil's draw has always been is his lyricism and how connected he and his music is to life and nature.

>>71610055
>Listen to early Mount Eerie work: most of it is just standard acoustic folk.
exactly hes always been shit

>>71610069
Are you the same person as: >>71609249

>>71605992
I'm going to hell for laughing so hard at this

>>71610055
I mean he's been pretty fucking innovative since The Microphones. Particularly when it comes to song/album structure, this is especially evident on the Mt Eerie album. If you wanna call me pretentious then go for it. I actually agree with you that Phil isn't being pretentious when he does this stuff, it always comes across as genuine and natural, done purely because it's what he likes.

>>71610138
>this is especially evident on the album from 14 years ago that is a total anomaly in his discography

>>71610138
in·no·va·tive
ˈinəˌvādiv/
adjective
adjective: innovative

(of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original.
"innovative designs"
(of a person) introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking.

>>71610202
That's the word, yes.

>>71610144
Fuck it, you're right. There is no innovation in Phil's catalogue, Wind's Poems, Clear Moon, Ocean Roar, they're all just standard acoustic folk.

>>71610264
>That's the word, yes.
Well by definition, any music written by any individual is innovative because it's an original composition, utilizing creative thinking

>>71610264
>an album from 2009 with mostly standard song structures
>two albums from 2012 with mostly standard song structures
>compared to an album from 2003 structured as a multi-part suite, unlike anything else in his discography
>ignoring all albums before and after
Something smells a whole lot like a fucking pleb.

>>71610287
Wouldn't be very innovative if every album in his discography sounded the same would it :^)

>Something smells a whole lot like a fucking pleb.
You'll need more musical credibility before you can start calling people out as plebs tripfag, you aint Hampus

>>71610332
Talk to me when you've actually listened to Phil's albums and not just the ones that /mu/ tells you to listen to in charthreads, newfag.

>>71610355
Just checking your RYM, been rating since 2015, just mu-core + classical + "classic" albums.

I've listened to all of Phil's releases since The Microphones and have been here since just after the end of the metal age, not that you would know anything about that, newfag.

>>71610411
Yeah, I made my RYM in 2015. So what? Does that date mark the beginning of my taste to you? Very shallow person I can see.

And yeah, I don't seek out obscure shit for the sake of some pretentious sense of "taste" like you do, apparently.

>no the glow pt 3

thats what this should have been

sorry your wife died phil

>>71610431
Nothing to do with taste, just a good indicator as to when you started to visit this site.

And yeah, I do try and seek out "obscure" music as it tends to be different from things I have listened to before. I'd like to listen to as many different kinds of music as I can, not for any pretentious sense of taste but because I'm interested in hearing new music.

>ravens

oh fuck

this is too much

Anyone want to talk about the last lines of the album? It's obviously about a crow looking at him and his daughter, but I feel like he's implying it was actually his wife watching over them, which puts a surprisingly hopeful spin on the album title.

>>71610615
no

>>71610654
You don't agree?

>>71609906
Filtered

>>71610702
shut up

>>71610715
What's yr problem bruh

>>71610615
of course it was genevieve

>>71605679
I'm in tears..

>>71605095
Oh shit, here i go..

>>71606065
If you like Mt. Eerie and this album and you're not gonna buy this you're a fag

>>71610615
That's what I took from it. There's a few glimmers of hope throughout the album really

>>71611193
Preorderd that shit forever agoooo. But yeah I agree

>>71611193
I'd buy it if there was music in it

>>71611193
>buying slam poetry
no thx

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>post yfw it finally hit you

This is something special. There isn't a mediocre track on here.

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>>71611586

>Conceptual emptiness was cool to talk about
>Back before I knew my way around these hospitals

I love Phil and his music and i feel incredibly sorry for his loss, and i understand why he made this record, and i feel bad for saying this, but it's not a good album in my opinion.

I hope it will help him with his grieving.

>>71607596
she was only like one so she never got to see her really.

>>71605850
He's right
Name FIVE (5) Post-Neo-African Tribal Throatsingers who have the same lyrical style as Mark

>>71606065
Reminder that while listening to the link is okay, when it releases you should buy it

>>71609271
uhh

that's dumb arguably the point of any artistic medium is to express oneself and challenge artistic expectations and form

>>71607633
Sufjan
>memey lyrics about masturbating for 14 year old girls to reflect on as they sip Starbucks backed by low effort guitar chords and arpeggios, all delivered in Sufjans. characteristic meme-whisper
Phil
>droning accordions give way to dour and sombre acoustic guitars, Mount Eerie's signature deep, booming drones back Phil's pained lyrics that sound like he simultaneously needs to cry and needs to scream

Who /preorder/ here?

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this is too much guys

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>>71605758
fuck

I feel bad for not liking this album.

Musically it's pretty shit except for Ravens and the verse structure of his lyrics is terrible even for Phil standards.

I love Phil and i empathize with his situation but i can't like this album.

>>71612012
>>71609906

If you think Sufjan is the most relevant part of my posts you have the reading comprehension skills of a small child.

>>71605410
Just wait

>>71605095
this album made me cry probably more than it had a right to. extremely affective.

>>71612232
Kinda feel the same desu. But it's not terrible, maybe I just need to listen to it when I am in the right mood.

>>71606107
is that mc ride

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what's it gonna be lads

Where is the dl link?

>>71612232
its not great music
but fuck me if it doesnt hits you like a truck

>>71612652
I have a feeling he's not going to score it. If he does I'm feeling either a nine or ten

>>71612652
decent to a strong 8
don't expect the review until april tho. the album officially comes out on the 24th

>>71612771
It is good musically. It reminds me a lot of pink moon.. There's not a lot there.. But what is there is borderline perfect.

>>71612786
What a fucking hack he would be for giving it a 10. The album is no better than a 6.

>>71612840
its good but its just not great
almost 90% of the album has the same delivery on every sentence
i wouldnt rate it as good as, lets say, kind of blue or loveless, but it is a strong 8

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A few people said this earlier, but I think I understand it now.
This album sounds like it wasn't meant to be listened to. I feel like I'm invading someone's privacy by hearing this shit, which fits with Phil's whole thing about wanting to live a private life with his wife and daughter. Then his wife got diagnosed with cancer, and almost a year later they turn to crowdfunding because they can't fund the treatments themselves. Once they turned to crowdfunding, their private life crumbled and Phil didn't know what the fuck to do. This album seems to reflect that conflict of privacy and publicity to his and his wife's struggle.
Granted I listened to it at like 2 in the morning, but other people here and on other sites have said the same thing about it.
I think it's beautiful and incredibly depressing at the same time to make something that feels like this. I hope Phil and his daughter live a good life again.

>>71612973
On that same point, Phil expresses this here >>71605873 , I think
I don't know that feeling, but I can only assume he must feel very lost.
There's more on it here >>71605529

>>71608961
Yeah except epic drops and autotune aren't equivalent to a loved one dying... Death's been discussed in art since humans made art, maybe it's more than a fad like epic drops in pop songs are you fucking imbecile.

>>71605095
meme

>>71605491
FUCK

>>71608897
really dude

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http://pitchfork.com/features/profile/10034-death-is-real-mount-eeries-phil-elverum-copes-with-unspeakable-tragedy/
A p4k journalist spent some time with phil in his hometown. Really good read.

>>71605155
generic "this is one of a kind :0" /mu/ comment by clueless dumbass #1353246

>>71611785
Children express emotions

>>71615189
Okay fuckass, name ONE (1) that is exactly like this album.

PRO-TIP: YOU FUCKING CAN'T

stop talking out your ass, anon.

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If you think this album is sad, imagine the album he makes after Phil dies

>>71615217
benji

>>71607187

We'll, he put it up on bandcamp with pre-order options in different formats so he's hardly hiding it away.

>>71609387
you have a right to say it, but everyone else has the right to ignore you

>>71615445
>what if his daughter died
fuck you for making me think of this

I'm getting this album along with other of his work I don't have yet, do you guys think is ok if I ask him to sign my Clear Moon Vinyl? I know he's sad so I don't know if it would bother him

>>71615609
He's generally not a fan of signing things but he'll do it if you ask

>>71615590
probably a 30 min album with 2 songs wheres its just a click and sad moaning

>>71615977
I definitely think it would be very weird if this was some big conceptual thing, especially if he kept the lyrics the same

>>71615609
Eh I think he'll value the fact you bought it enough that he'll be fine with it

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>>71615496

>>71607578
eloquently put anon
I think one main difference between this and C&L is the amount of time between death and the songwriting as well

I wasn't expecting to like it, I went in thinking "this is just gonna be more boring post-90s twing twang white guy being sad indie rock" but holy shit the lyrics are devastating and even though the music is by no means revolutionary it fits the lyrics as well as they need to and is very haunting.

This definitely isn't gonna be an album that is remembered as innovative or game-changing, but it's one of the most brutally feelsy albums I've heard in a long time.

>>71607676

I'm a huge Sufjan fan but C&L is trash, the song John Wayne Gacy Jr. from Illinois gives me more feels than anything from C&L because it's boosted so much by the production of which C&L has basically none.

Phil's album is amazing

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>I went back to feel alone there

>>71618169
please stop

>>71605758
fuck this earth

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worst album i've ever heard..it's 2017, how can a CIS straight white male be whining about death when people in yemen and somalia are literally starving to death....fuck this racist

>>71605758
cmon man

>>71612822
remember when he reviewed that fake blur leak kek