hypersongs

A Crow Looked at Me

Eleven songs recorded at home on a laptop, mostly with Genevieve Castree's instruments.
Mount Eerie, 2017

Elverum recorded it at home in Anacortes using a single microphone and mostly Castree's guitar, bass, amp and accordion; it was the first Mount Eerie album produced entirely on a laptop. A visit to Haida Gwaii, which the couple had considered moving to, gave him notes that became the lyrical basis. John Golden mastered it, and the cover carries a poem by Joanne Kyger. It scored 93 on Metacritic; Pitchfork's Ryan Powell gave 9.0, PopMatters' Thomas Britt gave 10 of 10 and called it one of the most remarkable folk albums ever produced, and AllMusic gave five stars. Year-end lists in 2017 put it first at Tiny Mix Tapes, second at The Daily Beast and third at The New York Times and Vulture.

Track listing

  1. Real Death2:27
  2. Seaweed3:01
  3. Ravens6:39
  4. Forest Fire4:15
  5. Swims4:07
  6. My Chasm2:22
  7. When I Take Out the Garbage at Night2:25
  8. Emptiness pt. 23:28
  9. Toothbrush/Trash3:52
  10. Soria Moria6:33
  11. Crow2:21

More from Mount Eerie

Eleven Old Songs Of Mount Eerie (2005), No Flashlight - Songs Of The Fulfilled Night (2005), Dawn (2008), Wind's Poem (2009), Ocean Roar (2012), Clear Moon (2012), Pre-Human Ideas (2013), Sauna (2015), Now Only (2018), Night Palace (2024)

Sources

  1. A Crow Looked at Me, Wikipedia
  2. A Crow Looked at Me, P.W. Elverum & Sun
  3. Record review: Mount Eerie's A Crow Looked at Me, The Stranger (2017-03-22)