Tag: mount eerie
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‘Microphones in 2020’ Review – Phil Elverum Then and Now
Since there’s not much else to do when you’re stuck inside due to a global pandemic, my roommate Savannah and I have taken to watching TV shows together, almost like an old married couple. Our current endeavor has been the series Lost. It’s my first time watching it, and Savannah’s third. Every once in a…
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‘Lost Wisdom Pt. 2’- Mount Eerie is Melancholic But Optimistic
Similar to its devastating predecessors A Crow Looked at Me and Now Only, Mount Eerie’s Lost Wisdom Pt. 2 charts Phil Elverum’s emotional journey through dealing with the death of his wife and now the falling apart of his second marriage to actress Michelle Williams. Lost Wisdom Pt. 2 does have a part one, unlike…
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Mount Eerie brings hits to the stage in live album
Over the last couple of years, Mount Eerie has released two of the most heart-rending albums of the decade–a grief-stricken collection of ballads entitled A Crow Looked at Me, and it’s slightly more hopeful, yet still powerfully impactful Now Only. Detail by painful detail, Crow outlines the immediate backlash that Phil Elverum, the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist behind…