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Folk · 2008 · 19 tracks · 41m

Dawn

Nineteen stark, acoustic diary entries recorded in a remote Norwegian cabin. Just Phil Elverum, a guitar, and the heavy silence of a freezing northern winter.

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A single acoustic guitar scrapes against the quiet of a freezing Norwegian cabin. These nineteen sparse diary entries wrap you in the heavy, wood-scented silence of a winter spent entirely alone.

Dawn · vs · Mount Eerie
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The arrangements lean heavily into a sparse bare aesthetic where only a solitary acoustic guitar and an unadorned voice remain, discarding the usual layered noise for the quiet scrape of fingers on metal strings.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks · 41m
01
It Wasn’t the Hunting
2:49
02
Cold Mountain
2:48
03
Moon sequel
2:29
04
I Have Been Told That My Skin Is Exceptionally Smooth
1:32
05
I Say “No”
2:05
06
Moon, I Already Know
1:20
07
With My Hands Out
1:42
08
A Show of Hands
1:46
09
Wooly Mammoth’s Mighty Absence
3:23
10
My Burning
1:39
11
Great Ghosts
3:06
12
Climb Over
2:37
13
We Squirm
1:28
14
Voice in Headphones
1:51
15
Who?
2:11
16
Dead of Night
2:43
17
See Me
1:57
18
Log in the Waves
1:57
19
Goodbye Hope
2:24
Moments Worth Waiting For
02Cold MountainThe bare, unvarnished acoustic strumming on 'Cold Mountain' strips away the synthetic tones of its previous incarnation, leaving only a fragile vocal.
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Reviews
Critic Consensus

Critics were largely positive, with a few more measured assessments.

Sputnikmusic4.5/ 5 stars
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Tiny Mix Tapes4.5/ 5 stars
AllMusic3.5/ 5 stars

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