who here has listened to this album? i got it recommended to me after a breakup and i am kind of addicted to it. i am listening to it on repeat.
I only ever make it to the Moon before shutting it off
>>131045723that's me a lot of the timesometimes I feel like listening to the whole thing, it does start to dragbut those first three tracks are music perfected
>>131045732skip to samurai sword, its a gem
>mfw Samurai Sword suddenly comes on
>>131045732I respect the music a lot though. I liked his 2020 youtube released album
>>131045762it really does blow your eardrums out if you're not careful
I WANT TO BE COLD
Remember when the whiny faggot behind this band said that Michelle Williams breaking up with him was more painful than his wife dying despite milking her death for album sales?
>>131045932he looks like a politician also the fact that you know this is EMBARRASSING
>>131046009The fact that you don't know what a disengenous piece of shit Phil is speaks volumes
>>131045714if you dont like the microphones at 20 you dont have a heartif you like the microphones at 30 you dont have a brain
genuinely one of, if not my favorite album of all time, I've been listening to it a lot especially since the devastating breakup I just had
>>131046021how so?
>>131046037>if you like the microphones at 30 you dont have a brainMan, what's the explanation for this? I don't even think I'm smart but I have found The Microphones/Mount Eerie unlistenable in recent years despite adoring Phil as a teenager.
>>131045714Insane question for an oldfag to read
>>131046442A Crow Looked at Me and the knock offs soured him to me. too much trauma dumping and pessimism.
>>131046505yea dude, it's a fucking Phil Elverum album, what else did you think you were gonna get?
>>131046484I've never made it past Map, but I've also never been in love so maybe that's why the album never clicked with me
>>131046520Y r u acting like a Crow Looked at Me wasn't a departure from his earlier work? The SKM-style lyricism, the themes, even the music were a departure. "Buhhhh both Crow and The Glow Pt 2 are sad." Ok, theyre completely different kinds of sad.
>>131046505A Crow Looked at Me was my turning off point as well, yet I really enjoyed Sauna. Felt like I was going crazy with all the praise A Crow got at time, you couldn't criticize it without getting called an incel.
>>131046566When it came out I "respected" it. There is some good ideas (music wise) there. But I probably listened to it once. And I understand the need for an emotional outlet. But then to continue in that mode for several albums and offer nothing but pessimism. I think that is cheap and unbecoming. I went to one of his shows and people were weeping in the audience.
>>131046541yes, obviously, but if you're going into a Phil Elverum record expecting anything but pessimism and sad, then you're listening to the wrong artist
i rlly like the 2 albums before this one a lot too
I could never get into this. I think I only ever listened to it in full once.
>>131046795Because this shit sucks like most of the albums that get spammed here
>>131047466recommend a good album
>>131047522And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea by Frodus
>>131047536I was so ready to hate but they seem legit. Album art is garbage though
>>131047622I'm not the biggest fan of it either but it kinda fits once you learn the lore behind the album. There's a bunch of other pics on the booklet that probably would have worked better as the cover though. Glad you like it so far.
>>131046037I've only heard it at 31 and yeah just sounded like inoffensive indie music. Its no yankee hotel foxtrot
>>131047466Go fuck yourself faggot
>>131047522
>>131049675>fan of this turbo faggot shit>calling anyone else a faggot
>>131045932??? When did he say this?
>>131053629>“I made all these life changes,” he says. “But then it didn’t work, and I got dumped and had to move back home.” The more poetic approach was, in part, “because the person in these songs” – namely Williams – “was still alive; I couldn’t speak as freely about her, and felt more protective of her anonymity.” He sighs. “I can’t listen to those songs now.” They were written in “a period of hopefulness” during the break-up, “when I thought maybe understanding could be reached. And now I know that it can’t. It’s still a little embarrassing in hindsight, just because of how painfully it ended, and how abruptly. The trauma from that lasted a weirdly long time. It seems like [losing Castrée] should be a bigger trauma, but it didn’t require as much therapy.”https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/11/phil-elverum-interview-microphones-mount-eerie-night-palace
>>131045714>2014 /mu/core yes we've all heard it
>>131053836This guy is such a fucking lame retard. How can anyone take him seriously?
>>131046505For me it's just the fact that his songwriting doesn't stand on its own. He's nothing without the studio tricks. So Sauna was my cutoff as well. Even then I find him annoying after age 20 or so. Too sensitive and innocent and he sounds like a eunuch.
>>131053836>ugh the emotions of my breakup are so traumatic i need a million therapy thats how big and epic the trauma isI hate this kind of talk. It's like the emotion/therapy fandom. So stupid.
>>131049747Dude tits!!
