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loveisamixtape
August 9th 2020


12322 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

exact opposite for me

loveisamixtape
August 9th 2020


12322 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i listen to everything he puts out despite not rly liking much since sauna and even that’s my least favorite good mount eerie album. ravens is an amazing song to me still but crow as a whole is mostly unlistenable. too emotional bc i know he means all of it



this actually feels like a new phil thing tho and is dynamic and not just stream of consciousness acoustic songs ~but sometimes there’s a random instrument or another vocalist, how beautiful the mountains that also grieve tangible human loss~ phil

luci
August 9th 2020


12844 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

that's not what imposter syndrome means :p

loveisamixtape
August 9th 2020


12322 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

don’t make me delete my account

anat
Contributing Reviewer
August 9th 2020


5752 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm not listening to this until Barry000 pens a review

Sowing
Moderator
August 9th 2020


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

the section where he first changes the chord through the brief little piano medley is jaw-dropping; if the beginning and end of the album went toe to toe with that part, this would be an easy 5 no questions asked

butt.
August 9th 2020


10961 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

I like how the last time we heard from gyro he said this album is “good” and then somehow settled on a beautiful 1.0

Sowing
Moderator
August 9th 2020


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I already knocked on his shoutbox with a warrant for his arrest.

Gyromania
August 9th 2020


37066 Comments


not a fan of 45 min songs tbh lmao. but the 1 isn't real, i've only played this once and i zoned out a lot

nol
August 9th 2020


11976 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I understand the sentiment behind Crow, but it’s impossible to listen to and enjoy.

Lord(e)Po)))ts
August 9th 2020


70240 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Awe u have so much in common

Gallantin
August 9th 2020


1903 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

since when does sowing pretend to like good music

notagenius
August 9th 2020


1258 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

At first I had little patience and found it dull and unbearable. Then I was brought in by the chords and the mood calmed down. It was as fascinating as listening to a story, felt lost when it was suddenly over.



I hadn't heard of this band before, and I didn't know about this guy at all.

UpwardSpiral
August 9th 2020


1121 Comments


Does not nearly reach heights of glow pt 2 or Mount Eerie. Although the last one is one of the bigggest growers ever so I will give it more time. Im glad Phil is still making music.

And yeah what cd was amazing lucky to have been invited.






AnimalsAsSummit
August 10th 2020


6165 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Eh this is ok but Mount Eerie Clear Moon is easily this guys best. His most cerebral. This doesn’t do much.

tectactoe
August 10th 2020


7357 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

halfway through this and loving it. haven’t truly loved a Phil release since Wind’s Poem in ‘09. i agree with Pots - this is more a graceful return to form than a continuation of his most recent strand of eclectic monotony.

Gallantin
August 10th 2020


1903 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Clear Moon isn't even in the top 10 of Elverum records

Sowing
Moderator
August 10th 2020


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I wasn't blown away by Clear Moon or Ocean Roar back in the day. It's been years since I've revisited though tbh. They're both 3.5's as far as my memory serves me.

Can I take 1 second to say that the album art for this rules?

tectactoe
August 10th 2020


7357 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i dunno, i get weird, jazz-core prog-metal vibes from the cover...thought it was a new terraformer album at first.

the music speaks for itself though, so Phil could've pulled a no love deep web and it would've been fine.

Sowing
Moderator
August 10th 2020


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

weird, the cover art screams indie-folk to me



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