Night Palace

by Mount Eerie

Night Palace cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 November 2024
  • Label: P. W. Elverum, P.W. Elverum
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:20:47
  • Community rating: 4.23/5 from 31 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On the sprawling double album 'Night Palace', Phil Elverum shifts from the raw, diaristic grief of his recent work towards a patient, meditative state inspired by Zen philosophy and the natural world. The album’s expansive, 80-minute runtime encompasses a wide sonic palette, weaving together his signature lo-fi folk and intimate analog production with passages of distorted noise rock, ambient soundscapes, and even moments of Auto-Tune and spoken word. This diverse sound reflects the album's thematic ambition, exploring concepts of impermanence, domesticity, and ecological consciousness while reconciling the varied musical approaches of his career.

Genres

Descriptors: experimental, ambient, minimalist, lo-fi, nature, folk, acoustic, droning

Tracklist

  1. Night Palace (04:20)
  2. Huge Fire (03:04)
  3. Breaths (03:32)
  4. Swallowed Alive (00:52)
  5. My Canopy (00:58)
  6. Broom of Wind (01:39)
  7. I Walk (05:06)
  8. (soft air) (01:02)
  9. Empty Paper Towel Roll (01:29)
  10. Wind & Fog (01:24)
  11. Wind & Fog, Pt. 2 (02:45)
  12. Blurred World (01:38)
  13. I Heard Whales (I Think) (04:17)
  14. I Saw Another Bird (02:12)
  15. I Spoke With A Fish (03:12)
  16. Myths Come True (03:33)
  17. Non-Metaphorical Decolonization (04:16)
  18. November Rain (02:15)
  19. Co-Owner of Trees (06:10)
  20. Myths Come True, Pt. 2 (01:02)
  21. & Sun (01:55)
  22. Writing Poems (02:25)
  23. the Gleam, Pt. 3 (02:24)
  24. Stone Woman Gives Birth To A Child At Night (03:22)
  25. Demolition (12:03)
  26. I Need New Eyes (03:52)

Credits

  • Phil Elverum - performance
  • Agathe Elverum - screaming and speaking on "swallowed alive"
  • Alex Mahan - humming on "blurred world"
  • Geneviève Castrée - humming on "blurred world"
  • JJ Golden - mastering, lacquer cut
  • Bob Von Normann - photography
  • Sigurður Þorarinsson - photography
  • Tom Adamson - photography
  • Edvard Munch - painting
  • Hans Gude - painting
  • Indigo Free - painting
  • J. C. Dahl - painting
  • Nicasius Bernaerts - painting
  • Peter Nicolai Arbo - painting
  • Kenyon R. Kaiser - redwood chainsaw carving

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