Mount Eerie - I Walk and Broom of Wind track review
Happy Halloween! Hope everyone had fun celebrating a classic fall holiday! Given Mount Eerie’s album “Night Palace” came out a few minutes ago, I wanted to review two of the singles as a sneak peek at what seems to be a pretty strong album. Mount Eerie is a musical outfit lead by Phil Elverum. The band started in 2003 and has released countless EPs and full-length albums since then, many to critical claim. Most of Mount Eerie’s projects generally fall into the realm of indie-folk/rock, or lo-fi, with some experimental rock. Both the singles discussed and not talked about in this article follow a similar theme sonically. I Walk “I Walk”, takes us on a thoughtful exploration of healing and resolving trauma that comes from tragedy. Elverum’s lyrics tell a compelling story with how candid they are. Referencing something as mundane as “Discarded clothing on the ground” carries a powerful sense of realness. In this moment we are right there with Mount Eerie, and we are there ourselves, recou