Portugal. The Man started releasing the music from their Woodstock album toward the end of 2016 and by the middle of 2017, a huge swath of the country discovered this band, which had been underappreciated for far too long. Ironically for the band, though not for the country, this album …
Full disclosure—this record hasn’t come out yet. It is currently scheduled for an August 17th release. One single was released in May, while another was released in early July. Through a friend in the industry, I was able to get my hands on another handful of tracks before the release. …
Bell Witch depicts loss in the abstract, its lyrics contemplating the meditative and melancholic limitations of what it means to be grateful. Their drummer, Adrian Guerra, provides most of the vocals on the record; he died prior to the album’s release. Though his presence hangs over every note on Mirror …
In July of 2016, Phil Elverum lost his wife to cancer. The following spring, Elverum—the person behind Mount Eerie and the Microphones—released A Crow Looked at Me: a frighteningly candid exploration of love, death, and gratitude. The hermetically introspective songwriter details his experience with diary-like intimacy, producing the most clear-eyed …
