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Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me flac album
  • Performer Mount Eerie
  • Title A Crow Looked At Me
  • Date of release 2017
  • Country US
  • Other formats MP1 MP2 MP4 MPC ADX AIFF VOC
  • Genre World & Folk & Country
  • Size MP3 1727 mb
  • Size FLAC 1757 mb
  • Rating: 4.8
  • Votes: 947

A Crow Looked at Me is the eighth studio album by Mount Eerie, the solo project of American musician Phil Elverum. The album is a concept album about the death of Elverum's wife, the cartoonist and musician Geneviève Castrée. The album was released on March 24, 2017. In 2015 Phil Elverum's wife, the Canadian artist Geneviève Castrée, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer four months after the birth of their first child. Castrée died at their home on 9 July 2016.

A Crow Looked at Me, Elverum’s ninth album as Mount Eerie-and 13th overall, counting his earlier music as the Geneviève in nearly every song, sometimes by name, sometimes through cold, negative space. It’s almost as though Elverum has nothing better to talk about. Which, of course, he probably doesn’t. Elverum’s recent albums-2015’s Sauna, 2012’s double feature of Clear Moon and Ocean Roar-were heavy on ambiance and fuzz, sonic embodiments of things through which we can’t see. Crow is spare and clean, mostly voice and some guitar, the sound of coffee in winter

A Crow Looked at Me. Your Score. Instead of taking a deeply personal issue and turningThe most incredible thing about this album is Mount Eerie's control of his own ability. Instead of taking a deeply personal issue and turning it exceedingly poetic, he puts it in terms that anyone can comprehend.

A Crow Looked At Me ‎(11xFile, MP3, Album, 320). Elverum & Sun, Ltd. ELV040. This record follows Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie, The Microphones, The Thunderclouds) and his recorded experiences after the passing of his late wife Genevieve from pancreatic cancer. Up to this point, a large part of Phil's music has been hidden in complex metaphors when he chooses to show himself to his audience. Here, however, in the wake of his family tragedy, he reveals himself

A Crow Looked at Me’ is a showcase of weakness and cruel reality, prose of lost love, and perhaps the saddest album ever made, and a statement of that magnitude still feels like a disservice. For anyone who was ever remotely interested in Mount Eerie or the Microphones, A Crow Looked at Me is a must-listen. But it feels made for a very specific time and place, and the subject matter is tough to stomach and tougher to shake. It’s bleak, but without any of the life-affirming notes you might expect from an album like this.

Another one of those albums on the latest hype train is "A Crow Looked at Me", the newest album by Mount Eerie, a solo project of singer/songwriter Phil Elverum, a former frontman of The Microphones, best known for The Glow Pt. 2, one of the most unique, atmospheric and unsettling indie albums of the 00's which was nothing like the recent influx of uninspired indie folk bands we are getting no.  . i didn't like it personally, but there's plenty to be said for doing things in good taste. Astral Abortis March 22nd 2017.

Real Death, the first song off Mount Eerie’s A Crow Looked at Me, deals with the death of his wife, the illustrator and musician Geneviève Castrée, and his life after. What have the artists said about the song? Phil has talked in an interview about some motifs of this song: For me, looking at the songs that I used to make, before this, I was more deeply a symbol-user. The older songs are a lot about looking at the world around me and finding meaning in these things that are just things. Light is hitting the mountain in a beautiful way. Is that just the light of the sun in space hitting this. The fly that is buzzing around, on the album, in the room where she died - I want that to be a symbol, but I know it’s not. Like you’re saying, you’re embarrassed about it. It’s this complicated back-and-forth about knowing that you are thirsty for meaning .

A Crow Looked at Me, the latest Mount Eerie album. They led an intimate life full of creative production. In 2015, they had a daughter. Not long after, Ms. Castrée learned she had inoperable pancreatic cancer, and last July, Ms. Castrée died, at 35. The grief took up all the space, until it took up residence inside Mr. Elverum, and began to announce itself via songwriting. Actually, songwriting seems almost too precise a term. Mr. Elverum has always been an impressionistic lyricist, but here, the line is blurred between singing, speaking and raw emotional data dump.

Tracklist

A1 Real Death
A2 Seaweed
A3 Ravens
A4 Forest Fire
A5 Swims
B6 My Chasm
B7 When I Take Out The Garbage At Night
B8 Emptiness Pt. 2
B9 Toothbrush/Trash
B10 Soria Moria
B11 Crow

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed By – Cascade Record Pressing
  • Distributed By – The Business Distribution
  • Lacquer Cut At – Golden Mastering

Credits

  • Illustration – Geneviève Elverum
  • Lacquer Cut By – Golden*
  • Liner Notes, Performer – Phil Elverum*
  • Mastered By – John Golden
  • Other [Poem By] – Joanne Kyger

Notes

Gatefold packaging with liner notes and lyrics printed on the inside.
Includes double sided art poster insert with more liner notes.

Includes an MP3 download card.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): ELV-040-A 27285.1... JG
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped): GOLDEN
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched): ELV-040-B 27285.2... JG
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped): GOLDEN

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
ELV040 Mount Eerie A Crow Looked At Me ‎(11xFile, MP3, Album, 320) P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd. ELV040 US 2017
Epcd101 Mount Eerie A Crow Looked At Me ‎(CD, Album) 7 e.p. Epcd101 Japan 2017


Talk about Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me


Kulwes
This record follows Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie, The Microphones, The Thunderclouds) and his recorded experiences after the passing of his late wife Genevieve from pancreatic cancer. Each song is less lyrics and music, and more poetry and spoken word over idle, ambient instrumentation, taking occasional breaks to simply meditate in repetitive guitar riffs or repeating measures on a piano. Up to this point, a large part of Phil's music has been hidden in complex metaphors when he chooses to show himself to his audience. Here, however, in the wake of his family tragedy, he reveals himself. Seldom is there metaphor in his lyricism on "A Crow Looked At Me". This album is indeed music, for all it's blunt, minimalist approach. What it is not, is entertainment. It is not an art piece the collector proudly hangs in his foyer as a conversation piece for guests. It's a piece that is hidden away securely in his basement, away from the world, so that every few months he may venture down and quietly, alone, pull the piece out and study it, before delicately and respectfully replacing it back in it's containment. When I was burning CDs to listen to in my car after my auxiliary cord fried and I couldn't afford a repair or replacement, I distinctly ignored my download for this record. The thought of merrily throwing it on to accompany a short drive to work felt wrong. And that is how this record interacts with it's audience. On the insert, Phil, remarks that he was once guarded to keep his life private in the house of his family, but now, raising a motherless child, he exposes himself, his story belonging to no one. He divulges every excruciating detail with lyrics like "Do the people around me want to keep hearing about my dead wife?/Or does the room go silent when I mention you, shining alive?/I live with your absence/And it's been two months since you died/I'll speak to your absence and carry our stories around my whole life", from "My Chasm". This perspective of speaking directly to his late wife is repeated throughout every track of the record. This is a painful listen, but it's become one of my most cherished. I can't recommend this to any particular listener however; You may think you understand, having lost someone to cancer, being a songwriter, being a widow or widower, being a parent. I thought perhaps with my experiences I could personally empathize with Phil on this record, but in reality, this is Phil's story and his only, and we're no more than voyeurs .
Gavirus
If you are just discovering this one... buy directly from Phil... I'm not aware of any surface noise or skips.. side A bummed me out so bad, I've yet to flip
Steelcaster
I'm very conflicted about this album. There's no doubt it's a real work of art, and for me the best album of the year, though it's not really fair to compare it to any other albums, safe maybe for Sufjan's Carrie And Lowell. On the other hand it's an album that, maybe because it came out when I was having hard time with my life myself, gave me worst panic attacks I've ever had, and I still keep getting those. I saw Phil play most of these songs at a concert earlier this year, and they were even more powerful when I could see him sing them. He had lots of copies of this album with him, but I couldn't bring myself to buying that and got something else instead, because I'm straight up afraid of listening to it.Absolute masterpiece, yet I can't recommend it. But I can say that at that concert Phil played a few new tracks, and they were even better and more moving, while being a bit more optimistic in tone, and if he's going to make a new album out of these, it's going to be even better than this.
Nalmezar
What an album indeed. Just to be clear it sounds great. Near flawless pressing and the gatefold is sturdier than you would think. Some might complain about a noise floor but Im quite sure its just the recordings themselves. Great all around. But with that out of the way I think its important to understand what you are buying. This is not a piece of musical revolution. Some parts of it I feel are quite smartly put together like the beat in some songs seemingly matching the sound of a life support machine in the background. But Its about a mans life and thoughts after his wife's departure from life. Whats important here are the lyrics which is why its great that they are all featured (with few errors) inside the gatefold. The singing is clear and should be the focus of the listener. Its a terribly depressing session to have but its unique and worth a listen.Equipment used:Rega RP1 with base carbon cartCyrus 2 amplifier System Fidelity SF5030 tower speakers Custom made HQ speaker cables
Gadar
I repeat DO NOT BUY THIS FROM DISCOGS, please buy from Mount Eerie's website
FEISKO
Pretty expensive if you are living outside the USA like me, to be honest... I was lucky enough to discover a copy in a small store in Brussels.
Cordanius
android2k3 I repeat DO NOT BUY THIS FROM DISCOGS, please buy from Mount Eerie's website Unless you are an EU buyer, or perhaps they can offer special shipping like stating the value of the package as 5$ instead of 25. Otherwise some of us need to pay a 25$ customs fee that makes it overpriced. I got mine from a UK shop online called Norman records.
Jugore
Sadly my copy has some annoying surface noise in the right channel throughout the first side, but I'm hoping its just my copy... Getting a replacement tomorrow.
Atineda
Yes, actually. No problems at all with my new one. Sorry for the late reply
Getaianne
Same here. First 3-4 tracks on side A in the right channel.Does your replacement sound better?
Lianeni
Anyone else's lyrics have a couple typos in it? Mine has one on Toothbrush/Trash and one on Crow. I don't really mind at all but was just curious.
Dreladred
Yes, same...The overall packaging is top notch Phil. Vinyl sounds great.