| Mount Eerie / Sauna |
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| Album: | Sauna | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Mount Eerie | Added: | Feb 2015 | |
| Label: | P.W. Elverum & Sun | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-02-06 | Pull Date: | 2015-04-10 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 12 | Apr 5 | Mar 22 | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 20, 2017: | moodswings Boat | 4. | Apr 06, 2015: | Shytown Boat | |
| 2. | Apr 10, 2015: | Bobo Emptiness | 5. | Apr 03, 2015: | A Visit From Drum Books | |
| 3. | Apr 09, 2015: | A Visit From Drum This | 6. | Apr 02, 2015: | A Visit From Drum Dragon |
| Album Review |
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| Matthew Reviewed 2015-02-06 | ||
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Indie / Lo-fi / Exp-Folk. Umpteenth release from Mount Eerie. Relatively speaking, this is a happy album. And it has some of his old Microphones sound (Pumpkin, Boat, etc.). RIYL: The Microphones, Thanksgiving, Grouper, Karl Blau. FCC clean. 1. (10:01) Sauna. Begins with electronic noises, sustained, mildly oscillating tone, and ambient noises. Vocals enter around 5.5 minutes in. Backing vocals. 2. (1:52) Turmoil. ** Acoustic strumming and steady drums. Noisy. Lo-fi. Nice vocals. Steady sustained synth chord in background for last ¼ of song. 3. (3:17) Dragon. *Harmonizing with rain sounds in the background. Dreamy, a little cut, a little weird and off-putting. Builds and becomes noisy. Wall of sound, very non-distinct sound in background. 4. (3:25) Emptiness. Long sustained synth piano chords with drums in background. Snares off and bass. A little eerie and strange. Somewhat surreal. “We are two black holes in the vast night.” 5. (2:18) (Something). **Love it. Oscillating xylophone, pretty. Short. 6. (2:15) Boat. **Mount eerie does shoegaze. Noisy, percussion heavy, rolls and cymbals. 7. (1:26) Planets. Noisy and busy, sounds cool, I like the vocals. 8. (5:13) Pumpkin. ** Love it, heavy bass drum, acoustic picking, cello, brushes on cymbals, mellow pulsating organ, great vocals. 9. (13:23) Spring. Dramatic movie sound track-esque intro. Becomes wall of non-distinct noise around 3.25 minutes in. Harmonized vocals at 5 min. 10. (3:32) Books. ** Love it, playful plucked violin with constant and heavy bass drum. Vocals at end. 11. (3:20) This. *Loud with heavy feedback. Cuts back and filled with organ. Harmonized vocals. Cyclical throughout song. 12. (5:29) Youth. Pretty acoustic flat picking, awkward bass slide with tramp sounding drum, then singing over brushes and repetitive acoustic strumming. Gets very noisy with heavy feedback. I like the last minute or so a lot. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Sauna | 7. | Planets | |||
| 2. | Turmoil | 8. | Pumpkin | |||
| 3. | Dragon | 9. | Spring | |||
| 4. | Emptiness | 10. | Books | |||
| 5. | (Something) | 11. | This | |||
| 6. | Boat | 12. | Youth |