Mount Eerie’s dance with the intractable

Mike Donovan | Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Phil Elverum takes the stage clad in a simple white t-shirt and loose-fitting chinos. A dead pine rots — in the most comforting way — by his side. He begins playing guitar, the tones of which lacerate the audience, segmenting their collective consciousness into a smattering of individual reactions.  Each person, now alone in the