Ocean Roar (album)
| Ocean Roar | ||||
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| Studio album by Mount Eerie | ||||
| Released | August 29, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | January 4th, 2011 to February 21st, 2012 at the Unknown in Anacortes, Washington[1] | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, drone | |||
| Length | 38:43 | |||
| Label |
P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd. (ELV 026) | |||
| Producer | Phil Elverum | |||
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Ocean Roar is the sixth studio album by Mount Eerie, released on August 29, 2012. It is the second of two albums released by Mount Eerie in 2012.[2]
Recording and release
Ocean Roar is the second of two albums to be released by Mount Eerie in 2012.[2] Phil Elvrum described Ocean Roar as a "counterpoint to the soft synth walls and landscape pondering of Clear Moon, presenting the opposite of that album’s clear glints of awareness: a total wall of blue-grey oceanic fog, a half remembered dream of a trip through dense old growth hills to the gnarly winter ocean, in the middle of the night, decades ago."[3]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| No Ripcord | 9/10[6] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.1/10[7] |
| The Needle Drop | 5/10[8] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [9] |
Ocean Roar has received mostly positive reviews so far. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 85, based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[4]
The album was listed 38th on Stereogum's list of the top 50 albums of 2012.[10]
Track listing
- Pale Lights - 9:59
- Ocean Roar - 2:47
- Ancient Times - 1:11
- Instrumental - 5:32
- Waves - 4:57
- Engel Der Luft (Popol Vuh) - 3:15
- I walked Home Beholding - 4:05
- Instrumental - 6:58
"Engel Der Luft (Popol Vuh)" is a cover of a Popol Vuh song from their soundtrack Fitzcarraldo.[11]
References
- ↑ Mount Eerie. Bandcamp. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pelly, Jenn. Mount Eerie to Release Two New Albums This Year. Pitchfork Media. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ↑ Elvrum, Phil. . P.W. Elverum & Suns, Ltd.. 04 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ocean Roar Reviews Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ↑ Sullivan, Ben. Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar. Allmusic. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ↑ Pickard, Joshua (24 November 2012). "Mount Eerie: Ocean Roar". No Ripcord. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ↑ Greene, Jayson (24 November 2012). "Mount Eerie: Ocean Roar". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ↑ Fantano, Anthony (6 September 2012). "Mount Eerie-Ocean Roar ALBUM REVIEW". YouTube.
- ↑ Sullivan, Ben. "Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar". Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ http://stereogum.com/1210661/stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2012/franchises/listomania/
- ↑ Elverum, Phil. Mount Eerie. Bandcamp. 04 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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