Mount Eerie - Now Only (March 16, 2018) Album • Page 4

okay cool it will be a surprise

 

Haven’t listened to the stream yet. Subbing tho

 

Gonna go lie down somewhere before class and listen to this

 

Fuckkkk. This is hitting hard already. Not sure how prepared I am for this show in a couple weeks lol

 

Oh my god.

Ok, so my family is coming to visit L.A. in a couple weeks because it’ll be the 3rd year since my dad died and it happens to fall on the same weekend as the Mount Eerie show. Everyone in my family has been super emotional lately cause his anniversary is coming up but I haven’t been emotional at all about my dad in over a year and god damn, “These waves hit less frequently. They thin and then they are gone. You are gone and then your echo is gone. And then the crying is gone...” just fucking wreeeeecked me.

 

Not wise to listen to this in the library before class

 

Earth is GORGEOUS, got dayum! I dunno what I was expecting from this album but so far it is surpassing whatever expectations I had

 

Man. This is heavy.

This record is pretty special though. Like this is some of Phil’s best work ever. Tintin, Distortion, and Two Paintings are some of the most unreal things I’ve ever heard.

The bit in two paintings where Phil is talking about a hypothetical plane crash and if people would go through his phone. And then when he sings about foxgloves and makes that connection from a crow looked at me. Amazing.

 

I definitely echo the sentiment that this feels like more than six songs

 

Where ACLAM felt like a catalogue of Phil’s coping, this very much feels like a goodbye.

Edit: like, I’m sure some of these themes will remain in his songwriting, but I think he’ll return to more “traditional” songs after this. There is a certain level of finality here.

 

I also think this album is very heavy, but a different heavy than ACLATM. Crow felt like a fresh wound. It felt like complete remorse. Now Only has a lot of remnants of that, but it feels different. I feels less like a reflex of pain and more like reluctant acceptance if that makes sense. Take the first two songs on this record for example. Much much different than Crow right off the bat. Still very heavy hitting, but much more about reflection of life rather than reflection of illness. And yes it feels like a goodbye. And also a love note.

 

Record came! Just gotta pick it up from the post office today

 

Phil Elverum On Critical Acclaim, Lil Peep, & Mount Eerie’s New Album Now Only

 

At this point I might be like @Larry David and hold off on listening to this Friday. It's been hard to wait tho.

 

the new drowse record reminds me of his older stuff a bit

 

It’s a little odd that I’m walking around singing “people get cancer and die” but it’s just so damn catchy

 

Sorry for basically talking with myself here, but the way “these waves hit less frequently...” comes in might be one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard in a song before

 

Totally. I love that switch in that part.

 

Hopefully some more people are going to listen to this today

 

this album still slays me. so so so good

 

I’m sobbing and eating eggs again

 

Damn. Goes without saying, but this album hits just as hard as A Crow Looked at Me. Extremely personal and moving lyrics.

EDIT: I'm sure you have all read the Pitchfork interview from last year, but just in case - Death Is Real: Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum Copes With Unspeakable Tragedy | Pitchfork

Great piece of journalism.

 

i wrote a review for this, link below will lead you directly to the post:

The Chorus Music Club Society

 

This record truly might be the best thing Phil has done

 

I dunno how he did it, but I think Phil wrote one of my favorite albums of all time twice in a row