Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me (March 24, 2017) Album • Page 8

Been listening to it a lot this past couple of weeks and it's my AOTY too. It's easily the most an album has affected me emotionally and not just in a sad way, it also makes me appreciate life more and makes me think about how much I value and care about my girlfriend. It's just a heartbreaking reminder to not take anything for granted.

 

anyways yeah this is easily one of the year's best and a better, more beautiful and emotionally poignant album than i will ever make

 

A few weeks ago my best friend flew out here. The last night was here me, him and another friend stayed up till like 6am showing each other music. He hadn’t heard this record yet and we played him it in full after giving a brief background on it. He started to cry during Real Death and none of us really said anything during the rest of the record just let it play. One of the best music experiences I’ve ever had.

 

It's a tragedy what happened, but it's nice to see Phil getting some exposure off this album. I feel like I've seen more conversation regarding this album than any of his previous work. I haven't listened to a voluminous amount of albums this year, but I feel comfortable calling it my AOTY, from what I've heard.

 

If you dig this, I highly recommend Clear Moon. That's what got me into him and it's one of my favorite albums of all time.

 

doesn't seem like sauna got much hype here but it's incredible too

 

I enjoyed Sauna but it didn't really stick with me much.

 

This record is just so beautiful.

 

I did not really enjoy Sauna

 

but I looooooove this performance of Dragon

 

I still haven’t listened to this. :\

 

Boat might be his best song

 

Id say "The Moon".

 

God the piano on When I Take Out the Garbage at Night is beautiful but so haunting

 

Ravens is easily one of my favorite songs of the year.

 

Soria Moria would be one of mine for sure

 

honestly, pretty much any song from this album could be. i just have the guitar work on Ravens stuck in my head all the time.

 

absolutely, that and crow

people have been talking a lot about how it isn't a super musical album (not necessarily as a complaint), but fuck if ravens doesn't have one of the better melodies of the year

 

Yeah, the guitar on Ravens definitely stands out. My favorite is the guitar part that comes in at 1:35 on Soria Moria. Fucking kills me every time

 

"Sweet kid, we were watched and followed and I thought of Geneviève
Sweet kid, I heard you murmur in your sleep
"Crow," you said
"Crow," and I asked
"Are you dreaming about a crow?"
And there she was"


no words for this section.

 

"Real Death" is still the one that gets me the most.

 

Seaweed for some reason hits me harder than most other songs on here

What about foxgloves?
Was that a flower you liked?
I can’t remember
You did most of my remembering for me

and

I poured out your ashes on it
I guess so you could watch the sunset
But the truth is I don’t think of all that dust as you
You are the sunset

 

"you are the sunset" is perfect. One of my favorite lines on the album

 

My mother in law passed away from pancreatic cancer as well 2 years ago, and this part really hit me hard:

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

Knowing that someone will eventually die is one thing, but seeing them slowly get worse and worse is the hardest part, and Phil's description is spot on.

Also, some guy posted a video of Phil's recent show in Krakow and mentioned that we should already get a new album early next year!

 

Seeing this on some year end lists, gonna check it out soon