Mount Eerie - Night Palace (2024)
In Night Palace, Phil Elverum’s Mount Eerie delves into a sprawling 26-track journey of reflection and poetic exploration. Songs like "Huge Fire" and "Swallowed Alive" juxtapose tenderness with raw, distorted edges, capturing the Pacific Northwest’s ethereal melancholy. As Elverum contemplates themes of loss, aging, and his connection to stolen Indigenous lands, tracks like "Non-Metaphorical Decolonization" turn introspective musings toward a broader socio-political consciousness. The album’s haunting final pieces, “I Need New Eyes” and “Demolition,” reinforce Elverum's evolving worldview with themes of accountability and reconciliation. Night Palace is a profound meditation on place, identity, and impermanence
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Genre: Avant Folk
Country: US
Final Verdict: 57% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 741th / 817
Highlight: Demolition
Made me think of:
Bill Callahan
Bon Iver
Sufjan Stevens
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