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| 0.0 | RiffOClock | May 3rd 12 |
You don't owe these people anymore. You've given them everything.
Phil: Not everything. Not yet.
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| 0.0 | mariothehedgehog | May 1st 12 |
is this progmaster being a faggot
o wait yea it is
yeerie
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| 0.0 | rasputin | May 7th 12 |
Phil Elvrum brought into realisation the lofty ambitions of his Mount Eerie project several years ago with the release of the Wind's Poem record, which is arguably his finest work to date. Prior to its release, Mount Eerie was essentially an extension of the Microphones - releases such as Lost Wisdom and Black Wooden Ceiling Opening were undeniably excellent, but they lacked a singular compositional approach that was distinct from Elvrum's work with the Microphones. While Wind's Poem proclaimed loudly 'THIS is Mount Eerie', it is now with Clear Moon that Elvrum firmly cements into his fans' minds exactly what Mount Eerie is all about.
The evolution of style that Mount Eerie has seen over the past 4 years has been remarkably smooth, and Clear Moon fits perfectly at the end of the projects current discography. Elements of folk are entangled within the music, but at its core this record embodies the best of synth, drone and avant-garde, all with that fragile and delicate Elvrum touch. Listening to the record is like entering a dream world, thus it seems Elvrum has completely succeeded in what he set out to do. Apparently this is the first part of a two part Mount Eerie love explosion in 2012 and apparently Clear Moon is also the 'less experimental' of the two. Artists like Elvrum are a rare occurence these days.
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| 0.0 | Spare | May 2nd 12 |
when are retarded sarcastic soundoffs on new releases gonna stop being a thing
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| 0.0 | Lewis EMERITUS | May 10th 12 |
Mountains and websites indeed. An unfussy assimilation of Phil Elverum's folk and black metal roots that finally feels as heavy as Mount Eerie has ever wrought without bottoming out on forced "loud" tracks. Lyrics are still an interplay of fears in the face of digital alienation and reconciling one's self with nature, but here the intent is not obscured. Elverum once said he didn't care for fan interpretations. Someone else once noted a watchmaker revealing his gears.
Misunderstood and disillusioned
I go on describing this place
and the way it feels to live and die
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| 0.0 | DeafMetal | May 1st 12 |
dark smoke fills the air -- some from the fire in my house, some from me driving around. i could see the lights of town through the trees on the ridge on my way home in the dark
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| 4.0 excellent | trix4dix | June 14th 12 |
is thunderneutral21 gay or is he fucking gay
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| 4.0 excellent | Xenophanes EMERITUS | May 11th 12 |
I wish that I had a more clever or interesting sound-off, but really, all that needs said is that Clear Moon is another wonderful release by one of modern musics finest assets. Mount Eerie has come into its own, and its glorious.
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| 3.5 great | ThunderNeutral21 | May 1st 12 |
is this burzumphones pt 2 or is this actually good
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| 0.0 | silentpotato | April 30th 12 |
INSTA 4.5 AOTY M///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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| 4.0 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | June 18th 19 |
I prefer when this guy accompanies his lyrics with a fitting music: drony gloomy ambient avant-folk.
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| 4.5 superb | goatskin | October 15th 12 |
The brainchild of Mount Eerie, Phil Elverum, is one of the most important, influential figures in modern music that almost no one knows about. Under his band's previous moniker, The Microphones, he released The Glow Pt. 2 in 2001, one of the hallmark indie releases of the entire decade. The Glow Pt. 2 was an almost frighteningly creative piece of music, highly experimental in conception and massively successful upon completion. To this day, not much sounds like it, although it had a huge hand in inspiring the experimental, lo-fi folk movement that this decade has seen in abundance. I really can't begin to describe how important that record is. And Elverum hasn't faltered since, released LP after LP of intensely interesting music, refusing to be pigeonholed into any specific genre or movement. Over the past while, folk-inspired black metal has become the new 'thing', with bands like Wolves In The Throneroom mixing the extreme aesthetics of the genre with woolier, melodic folky arrangements. But much of the Mount Eerie project is about flipping this, cultivating 'folk music' (I use this term incredibly loosely here) that draws inspiration from black metal. Don't expect to hear any blood-curdling screams on this album, however: Elverum is more interested in the tonal experiments of black metal, and how they can further a certain mood or emotion. Long, drawn out squalls of feedback play out over lightly strummed acoustics, and haunting, droning organ chords provide a contrast to fairly mid-tempo drumming. Musically, this album is all over the place, but never manages to sound unfocused; in fact, this collection of tracks are arguably the most focused collection of Elverum's entire career. Guitar distortion rumbles heavily in the background of The Place Lives. Throbbing keyboards mark the feverish House Shape and the jazzy saxophone hook in Lone Bell result in an all out jam by the end of the song. A blastbeat even makes an appearance in Over Dark Water. Yet through it all, Elverum's calm, almost tender voice holds everything together, the Clear Moon that our eyes and ears cling on to through all the darkness. Even now as I type, it seems futile to describe the truly original experience that is this album. And I haven't even mentioned that this is only the first of two albums Mount Eerie has released this year, Ocean Roar being the darker counterpart to Clear Moon's light. There's so much more that I could attempt to say about this album, but it really is something that has to be heard to be understood. Beautiful. Terrifying.
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| 4.5 superb | Recspecs | September 3rd 12 |
This album kicks my ass upon every listen, so close to giving this a 5.
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| 0.0 | AGuyIsWatchingYou | July 7th 12 |
Just another black metal influenced lo-fi folk album from Phil Elverum. The day this man stops making music like this will be the day, well I don't quite know what will happen that day.
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| 4.0 excellent | Aeon | June 22nd 12 |
What's that Phil?
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| 4.5 superb | patrickfannon | May 7th 12 |
Phil hits an elegant, beautiful stride on Clear Moon. The album is graceful and sleek, yet still wonderfully fuzzy and hazed out. After going into the wilderness at night on Black Wooden Ceiling Opening and Wind's Poem, the sun seems to be peeking over the horizon, as Dawn approaches. This record feels like a long, lonesome, wintry summer dusk in Alaska; all delirious and flowing, at once pristine as spring water and velvety as rich, humid air. Absolutely gorgeous from start to finish, and surely one of the most unique, enjoyable releases of the year.
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| 4.0 excellent | North0House2 | May 1st 12 |
I am typing this so that I can reach the 50 character minimum
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| 4.5 superb | Sputniks #1 Cacti Hunter | April 30th 12 |
First Justin, then Sufjan, and now Phil... Auto-Tune is the new favorite toy for today's folk crew
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| 4.5 superb | jhop | May 25th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Gleam | August 3rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | December 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | October 17th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerbzz | February 14th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Polvo | January 11th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | SinNanna | December 28th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Djang0 | September 30th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | June 16th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | May 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | wg98 | May 13th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Moge | September 11th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mathias STAFF | September 10th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | A.R.O. STAFF | August 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | LMadden | July 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | March 17th 19 |
| 3.5 great | kuzronk | December 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Teo | December 7th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Sam C. | October 26th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Akifexx | October 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | rooby | August 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | c0ffee | August 2nd 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Yeet | July 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | eckoh | March 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | po0ty | March 17th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Skoop | March 9th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | March 3rd 18 |
| 2.5 average | PaabL | December 19th 17 |
| 3.0 good | YayoG1 | December 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asthurse | November 28th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Juanpa | September 28th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | September 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brandon | September 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gschwen | August 10th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Ben STAFF | August 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | bentl | July 31st 17 |
| 3.5 great | Alexxx | June 21st 17 |
| 3.0 good | Pon EMERITUS | April 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | espnil | March 10th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | AWalrus | February 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | November 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ma1ze | August 7th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Troggy | July 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ywhiat | June 18th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Lyandr | May 8th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | April 30th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Crave | April 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Jade | April 11th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | tarkus | April 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | LOGOFF | August 2nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | BrentV | March 24th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | March 20th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Xefon | March 7th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | February 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | robaudio | February 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | February 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | DANcore | February 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | December 26th 14 |
| 3.5 great | drewbox | December 17th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Fujay | May 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | whaka | May 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spec | February 24th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Lours | January 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Monheim | January 8th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | unkle | November 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | craven | November 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | craigy2 | October 3rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Wadlez | September 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Uqnivde | August 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | ADM20 | August 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | July 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | May 21st 13 |
| 3.5 great | Mike08 | April 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | mttgry | March 11th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Jerbz | February 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | JS19 | February 3rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | balazs | January 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | January 4th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Skoj | December 31st 12 |
| 3.5 great | Mendigo | December 31st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Zay | December 31st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deviant. STAFF | December 30th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Minus. | December 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Keyblade | December 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | BlueW | December 14th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Trebor. EMERITUS | December 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | toxin. | December 3rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | mehd10s | November 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | feanaro | November 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrElmo | October 28th 12 |
| 3.5 great | PurpIe | October 23rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | SMK | October 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | hesperus | September 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Supergon | September 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | alexdub | September 9th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Rev | September 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jruined | September 6th 12 |
| 3.5 great | mx STAFF | August 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zain832 | August 10th 12 |
| 3.0 good | foxxxy | August 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | SYLover | July 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aids | July 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Filling | July 12th 12 |
| 2.5 average | lobby | July 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Meuric | June 26th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Wizard | June 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | dareeen | June 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mmfarva | June 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZedO | June 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Irving EMERITUS | June 15th 12 |
| 3.0 good | tom79 | June 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | June 9th 12 |
| 3.5 great | ILJ | June 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | kount | May 29th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Rail | May 25th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | gosk8n | May 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | gervin | May 15th 12 |
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| 3.5 great | porch | May 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ire | May 4th 12 |
| 3.5 great | clavier EMERITUS | May 4th 12 |
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