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Such a unique and cool album - tells a story in a world built around a wee red guy. The premise is nothing like anything else being done right now, with some really lovely songs and instruments and epic trumpet🎺🎺
Best songs - Gymnopèdie, On a Grassy Knoll, Mountain Song
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Unbelievably epic, and the sequencing takes you on a profound hero’s journey towards self acceptance, understanding, and lands with such generous satisfaction 🌀
Also amazing album art
Oct 6, 2024
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In March of 2023 I was on tour with my band Trophy Wife. We had just played a set on the second date in a dingy hardcore bar in Philly that was selling microwaved White Castle sliders and packs of American Spirit for cheap. Ahead of us was a 17 hour drive to New Orleans that would have to be made in one day.
I woke up in the backseat somewhere in between and leaned my head on the window beside me. It was pitch black but before sunrise. The road becomes something different when you're traveling for that long, resembling more of a habitat than a construct with its own set of strict rules and guidelines. In the dark, protected by the shell of a Honda CRV, I would watch the trucks pass by like behemoth steed; big iron whales, and I am so small.
'Wooly Mammoth's Absence' became gospel during that drive. I found it before we left, sometime during our day in Philly when I was getting ready for the show. I listened alone at first, the woody nylon guitars and hushed words of Phil Elverum were a trusted secret for my ears only.
Once I showed it to them we discovered multiple versions of the song that were released over the years, my favorite of which is the first one I heard, from 'Seven New Songs'. It was a perfect companion; something wiser than me that kept me moving forward, like the only torch in a dungeon.
"Quickly forgotten was this forgetful way of life, when I left home and I lived as if I had died" he still sings quietly, and only for me.
Jan 26, 2024
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And then lying in bed until you actually need to get up. I'm a big advocate and supporter of Sleeping but also you enjoy Bed Time (not bedtime) more whilst awake
Feb 6, 2025
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For instance, Private Property 🫡 General Waste 🫡 and so on
Jan 28, 2024
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Been using beast mode, tank mode and the like. Coined Trench Mode recently for digging in + persevering to get to the end of something
Jan 28, 2024