Life, And Another
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Life, and Another'' is the sixth record by
avant-pop Avant-pop is popular music that is experimental music, experimental, new, and distinct from previous styles while retaining an immediate accessibility for the listener. The term implies a combination of avant-garde sensibilities with existing ele ...
musician Erin Birgy, under the moniker of
Mega Bog Erin Birgy (born 1988 or 1989), better known by the stage name Mega Bog, is an experimental musician. She has released five albums. Background Erin Birgy was born in Idaho in 1988 or 1989. She kept horses as a child and was part of a traveling r ...
. It was released by Paradise of Bachelors in July 2021. The record features co-production help from James Krivchenia, the drummer for
folk rock Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers suc ...
quartet
Big Thief Big Thief is an American indie rock band with folk roots based in Brooklyn, New York. Its members are Adrianne Lenker (guitar, vocals), Buck Meek (guitar, backing vocals), Max Oleartchik (bass), and James Krivchenia (drums). The band's debut ...
.


Background

''Life, and Another'' was recorded at the Unknown studio in
Anacortes, Washington Anacortes ( ) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman.David Wojnarowicz David Michael Wojnarowicz ( (September 14, 1954 – July 22, 1992) was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene. He incorp ...
's audio journals, transcriptions of which were published as ''Weight of the Earth''.


Critical reception

''Life, and Another'' has been welcomed with mostly positive reviews. On
Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ...
, it has a score of 81 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on six reviews. Sophie Kemp for ''
Pitchfork A pitchfork (also a hay fork) is an agricultural tool with a long handle and two to five tines used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw, manure, or leaves. The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...
'' gave it a glowing review, calling it "delightfully freaky".


References

2021 albums Folk-pop albums {{folk-album-stub