Now Only

Now Only
Studio album by Mount Eerie
Released March 16, 2018
Genre
Length 43:33
Label P.W. Elverum & Sun
Producer Phil Elverum
Mount Eerie chronology
A Crow Looked at Me
(2017)A Crow Looked at Me2017		 Now Only
(2018)

Now Only is the ninth studio album by Mount Eerie, the solo project of American musician Phil Elverum. Like the preceding Mount Eerie album A Crow Looked at Me, Now Only is an extended reflection on the death of Elverum's wife, cartoonist and musician Geneviève Castrée. The album was released on March 16, 2018.[1]

Background

Foxgloves (ca. 1915–1920) by Norwegian painter Nikolai Astrup

The title of the song "Tintin in Tibet" refers to Tintin in Tibet, the twentieth volume of the comics series The Adventures of Tintin by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. "Two Paintings by Nikolai Alstrup" refers to Norwegian painter Nikolai Astrup and his paintings Midsummer Eve Bonfire (ca. 1915) and Foxgloves (ca. 1920). The final track "Crow, Pt. 2" is a continuation from "Crow", likewise the final track from A Crow Looked at Me. In the song "Earth" Elverum references "I Will Lay My Bones Down Below the Rocks and Roots" by the Cascadian black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room, who are based out of Olympia, where Elverum lived during his tenure as The Microphones.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.4/10[2]
Metacritic82/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The A.V. ClubA−[5]
The Guardian[6]
Paste9.0/10[7]
Pitchfork8.5/10[8]
PopMatters[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes[10]
ViceA[11]

Now Only received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 82, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 19 reviews.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Phil Elverum.

No.TitleLength
1."Tintin in Tibet"4:37
2."Distortion"10:58
3."Now Only"5:54
4."Earth"5:52
5."Two Paintings by Nikolai Astrup"9:22
6."Crow, Pt. 2"6:50
Total length:43:33

Personnel

  • Phil Elverum - songwriting, vocals, production, mixing, guitars, bass, drums, piano, keyboards

References

  1. ↑ Blais-Billie, Braudie (January 17, 2017). "Mount Eerie Announces New Album Now Only, Shares New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Now Only by Mount Eerie reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews and Tracks for Now Only by Mount Eerie". Metacritic. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Now Only – Mount Eerie". AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ Dowd, A. A. (March 16, 2018). "Mount Eerie, Hot Snakes, and more albums to know about this week: Mount Eerie, Now Only". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (March 15, 2018). "Mount Eerie: Now Only review – drops of light pierce the fog of grief". The Guardian. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ Ham, Robert (March 13, 2018). "Mount Eerie: Now Only Review". Paste. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  8. ↑ Sodomsky, Sam (March 16, 2018). "Mount Eerie: Now Only Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  9. ↑ Britt, Thomas (March 15, 2018). "Mount Eerie's Now Only Feels Like More of A Crow Looked at Me". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  10. ↑ Scott, Jazz (March 16, 2018). "Mount Eerie: Now Only". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  11. ↑ Christgau, Robert (May 11, 2018). "Mount Eerie: Robert Christgau on the Complexity of Mount Eerie's Survival Record". Vice. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
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