Lost Wisdom
2008 studio album by Mount Eerie
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::summary 2008 studio album by Mount Eerie ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lost Wisdom |
| type | studio |
| artist | Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire |
| cover | Lost Wisdom.jpg |
| border | yes |
| released | |
| recorded | Anacortes, Washington |
| genre | Indie folk, lo-fi |
| length | 24:34 |
| label | P. W. Elverum & Sun |
| (ELV 019/38) | |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Mount Eerie |
| type | studio |
| prev_title | Black Wooden Ceiling Opening |
| prev_year | 2008 |
| title | Lost Wisdom |
| year | 2008 |
| next_title | Dawn |
| next_year | 2008 |
| artist | Mount Eerie studio album |
| type | studio |
| prev_title | "No Flashlight": Songs of the Fulfilled Night |
| prev_year | 2005 |
| title | Lost Wisdom |
| year | 2008 |
| next_title | Dawn |
| next_year | 2008 |
| artist | Julie Doiron |
| type | studio album |
| prev_title | Woke Myself Up |
| prev_year | 2007 |
| title | Lost Wisdom |
| year | 2008 |
| next_title | I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day |
| next_year | 2009 |
| artist | Frederick Squire |
| type | studio album |
| prev_title | Rubber Covered Painter Must Remain Inside Exit Flange to Maintain Anti-Wicking Seal |
| prev_year | 2004 |
| title | Lost Wisdom |
| year | 2008 |
| next_title | Daniel, Fred & Julie |
| next_year | 2009 |
| header | Limited edition album cover |
| type | studio |
| cover | File:Mount_Eerie,Lost_Wisdom,2008.jpg |
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| name = Lost Wisdom | type = studio | artist = Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire | cover = Lost Wisdom.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = | recorded = Anacortes, Washington | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie folk, lo-fi | length = 24:34 | label = P. W. Elverum & Sun (ELV 019/38) | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Mount Eerie | type = studio | prev_title = Black Wooden Ceiling Opening | prev_year = 2008 | title = Lost Wisdom | year = 2008 | next_title = Dawn | next_year = 2008 | artist = Mount Eerie studio album | type = studio | prev_title = "No Flashlight": Songs of the Fulfilled Night | prev_year = 2005 | title = Lost Wisdom | year = 2008 | next_title = Dawn | next_year = 2008 | artist = Julie Doiron | type = studio album | prev_title = Woke Myself Up | prev_year = 2007 | title = Lost Wisdom | year = 2008 | next_title = I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day | next_year = 2009 | artist = Frederick Squire | type = studio album | prev_title = Rubber Covered Painter Must Remain Inside Exit Flange to Maintain Anti-Wicking Seal | prev_year = 2004 | title = Lost Wisdom | year = 2008 | next_title = Daniel, Fred & Julie | next_year = 2009 | header = Limited edition album cover | type = studio | cover = File:Mount_Eerie,Lost_Wisdom,2008.jpg Lost Wisdom is the second studio album by Mount Eerie, with Canadian musicians Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire. It was released on October 7, 2008 on P. W. Elverum & Sun,{{cite web | url = http://pwelverumandsun.com/images/ELV019onesheet_southern.pdf | title = Lost Wisdom | access-date = 2008-09-17 | publisher = P. W. Elverum & Sun | location = Anacortes, Washington | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715133047/http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/images/ELV019onesheet_southern.pdf | archive-date = 2011-07-15 | url-status = dead |url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142105-mount-eerie-talks-julie-doiron-collab-tons-of-releases |title = Mount Eerie Talks Julie Doiron Collab, Tons of Releases |access-date = 2008-09-17 |last = Solarski |first = Matthew |date = 2008-07-16 |publisher = Pitchfork |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080913012408/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142105-mount-eerie-talks-julie-doiron-collab-tons-of-releases |archivedate = 2008-09-13
Background and recording
Elverum considers Doiron his favorite singer, and says recording with her was a "dream come true" for him. She was a member of Eric's Trip, an indie noise pop band from the early 1990s, and has since recorded numerous solo albums. Elverum considers Eric's Trip his favorite band of all time, and says the band is "the reason why I got into playing music". Frederick Squire is a Canadian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. Formerly a member of Shotgun & Jaybird, he would perform under the stage name Dick Morello.
The recording of the album was somewhat spontaneous. Doiron and Squire had a few days between a recent tour and an upcoming recording session in Olympia, Washington, and made a surprise visit to Phil Elverum in Anacortes. Initially they were just recording for fun without the pretense of recording an album. Elverum eventually did ask the two to record an album, the three decided to do so and quickly recorded the album.
The album is named after the Burzum song of the same title.
Music
The title track was inspired by Elverum's time spent: ::quote
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The song was written while driving at night. A different version of the song "With My Hands Out" appears on Mount Eerie's 2004 release Seven New Songs, and other tracks later appeared on Dawn, released on 1 November 2008. Though the versions found on Dawn are actually the original versions of those songs written in 2002 and recorded in 2008. The track "Voice in Headphones" on this album reprises the chorus from Björk's song "Undo", over a different verse. Elverum had previously covered Björk's "All Is Full of Love" on the 2001 Microphones album Blood.
Release
Due to the impromptu nature of the recording session Elverum didn't intend to release the album. However, the album was released on October 7 on LP and CD; the vinyl version included a double-sided jumbo poster. The album was re-released in 2019 in a double CD set alongside companion album Lost Wisdom pt. 2.
Reception
| MC = 82/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Alternative Press | rev2score = | rev3 = Cokemachineglow | rev3score = 80% | rev4 = Pitchfork | rev4score = 8.3/10 | rev5 = PopMatters | rev5score = 7/10 | rev6 = Tiny Mix Tapes | rev6score = | rev7 = Under the Radar | rev7score = 7/10
Upon release, the album received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 82, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 8 reviews.
Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that despite the fast time to create the album "its simplicity and immediacy sound intimate instead of tossed off" she also complimented the chemistry between Elverum and Doiron writing that "He and Doiron sound completely natural yet haunting trading verses".
Track listing
| all_writing = Phil Elverum | total_length = 24:34 | title1 = Lost Wisdom | length1 = 4:14 | title2 = Voice in Headphones | length2 = 2:16 | title3 = You Swan, Go On | length3 = 1:25 | title4 = Who? | length4 = 2:24 | title5 = Flaming Home | length5 = 2:29 | title6 = What? | length6 = 2:06 | title7 = If We Knew... | length7 = 1:37 | title8 = With My Hands Out | length8 = 1:39 | title9 = O My Heart | length9 = 3:17 | title10 = Grave Robbers | length10 = 1:47
Personnel
- Phil Elverum – vocals, most instruments, recording, songwriting, and production
- Julie Doiron – harmony vocals and recording
- Frederick Squire – acoustic and electric guitar, recording
- Karl Blau – engineering
LOST WISDOM live at Gunjyo, March 12th, 2010
| name = LOST WISDOM live at Gunjyo, March 12th, 2010 | type = Live | artist = Mount Eerie | cover = File:Mount_Eerie,_Lost_Wisdom,_Live_Cover.jpg | alt = | released = July 4, 2012 | recorded = | venue = Gunjyo, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan | genre = Indie Folk | length = 24:56 | label = 7e.p. | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = On July 4, 2012 Tokyo based label 7e.p. released a live album of Lost Wisdom in its entirety entitled LOST WISDOM live at Gunjyo, March 12th, 2010. The album was recorded at Gunjyo, Matsumoto by Koji Saito. Mastering was done by Masaki Tada. The album was released as a bonus disc for "Clear Moon / Ocean Roar".
Track listing
| all_writing = Phil Elverum | total_length = 24:56 | title1 = Lost Wisdom | length1 = 4:10 | title2 = Voice in Headphones | length2 = 2:06 | title3 = You Swan, Go On | length3 = 1:34 | title4 = Who? | length4 = 2:44 | title5 = Flaming Home | length5 = 2:45 | title6 = What? | length6 = 2:23 | title7 = If We Knew... | length7 = 2:11 | title8 = With My Hands Out | length8 = 2:10 | title9 = O My Heart | length9 = 3:24 | title10 = Grave Robbers | length10 = 1:29
References
References
- {{usurped. chartattack.com]]'', March 23, 2009.
- Stosuy, Brandon. (2009-07-01). "Phil Elverum on Six of His Songs".
- Nichols, Ryan. (2009-03-11). "Interview: Phil Elverum (The Microphones/Mount Eerie) {{!}} Beats Per Minute".
- "Lost Wisdom".
- "Lost Wisdom". [[Metacritic]].
- [{{AllMusic
- Doiron's presence and Squire's understated electric guitar imbue the album with haunting, spectral beauty equal to anything Elverum's done. [Dec 2008, p.138]
- Sams, Eric. (November 12, 2008). "Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom".
- [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12292-lost-wisdom/ Pitchfork Media review]
- (November 11, 2008). "Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred Squire: Lost Wisdom".
- [http://tinymixtapes.com/Mount-Eerie,7235 Tiny Mix Tapes review]
- After years of solidarity, though, Elverum thankfully finds some much-needed human contact on Lost Wisdom, his most engaging LP since he retired the Microphones moniker. [Year End 2008, p.80]
- "LOST WISDOM live at Gunjyo, March 12th, 2010, by Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Will Kidman".
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