If Mount Eerie didn’t release one of the best albums in 2017 with A Crow Looked At Me, then the Phil Elevrum vehicle certainly put together one of the most emotionally raw. As a concept record about the recent death of his wife Geneviève, the album gave listeners a totally unvarnished sonic approximation of what grief really felt like. Just a year removed, and Elevrum looks prepared to double-down on that concept with a brand new record.
Titled Now Only, Mount Eerie’s latest is set to drop just a couple of months from now on March 16th. Today, the group has shared the first offering from that record, a cataclysmic, 11-minute long ballad titled “Distortion.” Opening with a thunder of overdriven guitars, thew song morphs over time into a contemplative monologue about what life is like “in the shadow of death.”
You can listen to the first single from Mount Eerie’s upcoming album Now Only in the Soundcloud player above and check out the band’s current list of tour dates below.
01/19 –- Auckland, NZ @ Academy Cinemas
01/21 –- Perth, AU @ Mojos
01/23 -– Sydney, AU @ City Recital Hall
01/24 –- Melbourne, AU @ Melbourne Recital Centre
01/25 –- Castlemaine, AU @ Theatre Royal
02/22 –- San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall (Two Performances)
03/22 –- Maspeth, NY @ Knockdown Center
03/24 -– Los Angeles, CA @ The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
03/29 –- Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
03/30 –- Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue Theatre
