After the emotional gut-punch of " A Crow Looked at Me" about the death of his young wife, Mount Eerie is set to release "Now Only", a new album that continues to explore the emotional aftermath of losing the love of his life and building a new one with his infant daughter but widening its scope to include broader themes of family, mortality and art. Even though the music and lyrics still feel like someone is squeezing your heart inside your chest, this new song is less dark, more thankful for the love that was just as real as the death that took it away.
Now Only available here.
From the press release:
"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."
