Wind's Poem
by Mount Eerie
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Wind's Poem strikes a balance between accessibility and ambition that offers something for every kind of Elverum fan, but never sacrifices its purpose in the process.
  2. Pitchfork
    82
    Phil has moved well beyond the often formless experiments of the early Microphones releases--this is still by no means a record to be digested lightly. And thank goodness for that.
  3. Prefix Magazine
    70
    The rest of Wind’s Poem plays out slow, shimmering, and really just classic Phil Elvrum, even if the album’s tone is darker, well produced and generally well executed. But once an experimentalist folk musician, always an experimentalist folk musician, and kudos to Elvrum for experimenting even further outside of the realm.
  5. Tiny Mix Tapes
    90
    As invigorating as the first half of Wind’s Poem is, its second half is where a filmic sensibility arises and the music becomes at one with the listener, the sounds yielding way to both chaotic and calming images as waves crash and subside.
  6. PopMatters
    90
    The true achievement of Mount Eerie’s Wind’s Poem is the redemptive arc Elverum finds within the black metal context.
  7. Dusted Magazine
    80
    The attraction that already existed between Xasthur’s music and Mount Eerie’s exerted a strong enough force on Elverum that it became incorporated into him.
  8. Drowned In Sound
    90
    This is a terrifying, wise album.
  9. No Ripcord
    80
    It’s hard to find fault with the record since anything you think might be lacking, melodic interest, harmonic development, rhythmic drive, etc, was certainly left out deliberately.
  10. The New York Times
    70
    Mount Eerie’s third album, is deeply homemade and crazily dynamic, running from quiet harmonium-and-voice drones to black-metal cataclysm.
  11. cokemachineglow
    78
    The distance that keeps Elvrum’s tiny voice from ever rising above a negligible squeak is applied to our relationship with this pretty, roaring Wind’s Poem. It’s a harrowing problem, like getting stuck between a stone and a hard something, for every Phil Elvrum fan imaginable. And who isn’t nowadays.
  12. Under The Radar
    80
    This is another revelatory view from Mount Eerie. [Fall 2009,p.64]
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  13. Filter
    74
    His voice is as naive as ever, yet Wind’s Poem churns like nothing from his past, providing a therapeutic musical massage.

Awards & Rankings

20
#20 Best Album of 2009

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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. 2hip2beahipster
    Mar 27, 2012
    9
    Absolutely beautiful and haunting. Though some may like to call this "black metal", this album, to me is more like a avant-garde noise rockAbsolutely beautiful and haunting. Though some may like to call this "black metal", this album, to me is more like a avant-garde noise rock album. With haunting vocals and just explosions of noise and haunting and distant and vocals that make it inexplicably beautiful to stare into the night while listening to this album on headphones.… Full Review »
  2. SteveM
    Aug 29, 2009
    10
    Just listen to the wind.
  3. Dan
    Aug 24, 2009
    7
    Good album.
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