Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie; photo by Kyle Johnson for Pacific Standard Magazine

"I Walked Home Beholding" and "instrumental" by Mt. Eerie (download here)

Listen above to Anacortes, Wash., band Mount Eerie's "I Walked Home Beholding" and "instrumental," from upcoming album "Ocean Roar," recorded live in Seattle at 20/20 Cycle by Alex Kostelnik. The first song is a ballad about the meaninglessness of life; the second uses electric guitars to conjure violent meteorology.