Now Only, written shortly following the release of A Crow Looked At Me and the first live performances of those songs, is a deeper exploration of that style of candid, undisguised lyrical writing. It portrays Elverum’s continuing immersion in the strange reality of Geneviève’s death, chronicling the evolution of his relationship to her and her memory, and of the effect the ar...(展开全部) Now Only, written shortly following the release of A Crow Looked At Me and the first live performances of those songs, is a deeper exploration of that style of candid, undisguised lyrical writing. It portrays Elverum’s continuing immersion in the strange reality of Geneviève’s death, chronicling the evolution of his relationship to her and her memory, and of the effect the artistic exploration of his grief has had on his own life. The scope of Now Only encompasses not only hospitals and deathbeds, but also a music festival, childhood memories of conversations with Elverum’s mother, profound paintings and affecting artworks he encounters, a documentary about Jack Kerouac, and most significantly, memories of his life with Geneviève. These moments and thoughts resonate with each other, creating a more complex and nuanced picture of mourning and healing. The power of these songs comes not from the small, sharp moments of cutting phrases or shocks, but the echoes that weave the songs together, the way a life is woven. The music, fully realized by Elverum alone at home, is fleshed out texturally and seems to react to the words in real time. In a moment of confusion, dissonance abruptly makes itself known; in a moment of clarity, gentle piano arises. On the title track, the blunt declaration of “people get cancer and die” is subverted by a melody that can only be described as pop. As Elverum reinvents his lyrical process, he is also refining his musical vocabulary. Elverum’s life during the period he wrote Now Only was defined by the duality of existing with the praise and attention garnered by A Crow Looked At Me and the difficult reality of maintaining a house with a small child by himself, as well as working to preserve Geneviève’s artistic legacy. Consumed with the day to day of raising his daughter, Elverum felt his musical self was so distant that it seemed fictional. Stepping into the role of Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie held the promise of positive empathy and praise, but also the difficulty of inhabiting the intense grief that produced the music. These moments, both public and domestic, are chronicled in these songs. They are songs of remembrance, and songs about the idea of remembrance, about living on the cusp of the past and present and reluctantly witnessing a beloved person’s history take shape. Time continues.
0 有用 乔治洗衣机 2018-03-22 23:16:06
4.0+ underwater, drowning
3 有用 蔡燧 2018-03-24 17:54:57
说得mark kozelek能写出什么花来似的
0 有用 最后一代 2018-04-07 16:30:00
😢
0 有用 ≈ 2018-12-13 20:44:06
8.2/10 真的不是很喜欢Mount Eerie的表现,始终觉得不如The Microphone好。他好像掉入了感情的漩涡,在他的作品里总能听出一丝疲倦。他给自己的vocal以一种空灵滞后的处理并不讨巧,不过他在渲染氛围和极简制作上确实有很强大的功力,高度抽象的极简化folk音乐加上他对曲子结构的把握,最终生成了这些先锋化的作品。Cut : Earth.
0 有用 或者是znn 2018-04-12 13:29:57
I dont know how i feel about this
0 有用 Ja 2023-05-22 21:43:53 德国
Distortion…
0 有用 la lune 2024-05-16 10:46:57 安徽
A 对长曲的掌控极好,并不只局限于哀悼,更多的则是哲思。
0 有用 velvet fl. 2022-04-03 19:06:32
一些未说完的东西
0 有用 Chris 2021-08-21 09:06:02
A
0 有用 Spiralling! 2024-03-11 13:23:45 陕西
But in my tears right now Light gleams