{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = After | type = live | artist = Mount Eerie | cover = Mount eerie after album cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2018|09|21}} | recorded = November 10, 2017 | venue = The Jacobikerk in Utrecht, Netherlands | genre = Indie folk | length = 58:13 | label = P.W. Elverum & Sun | producer = Phil Elverum | prev_title = Now Only | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = Lost Wisdom pt. 2 | next_year = 2019 }} '''''After''''' (stylized as '''''(after)''''') is a live album by Mount Eerie, released in 2018. The album captures a live performance of songs from ''A Crow Looked at Me'' and ''Now Only'' recorded at the 2017 Le Guess Who? festival in the Netherlands.<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last=Reese |first=Nathan |title=Mount Eerie: ''(after)'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mount-eerie-after/ |website=Pitchfork |accessdate=18 December 2018 |date=1 October 2018}}</ref>
==Reception== {{music ratings | MC = 86/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/after-live/mount-eerie|title=Reviews and Tracks for ''(after)'' by Mount Eerie|website=Metacritic|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web | first = Heather| last = Phares | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/after-mw0003211776 | title = ''(after)'' review | publisher = AllMusic | accessdate = October 24, 2019}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev2score = 8/10<ref name="Exclaim">{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mount_eerie-_after|title = ''(after)'' review | publisher = Exclaim | accessdate = October 24, 2019}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev3score = 8.1/10<ref name="Reese">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mount-eerie-after/|title=Mount Eerie: ''(after)''|work=Pitchfork|last=Reese|first=Nathan|date=October 1, 2018|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' | rev4score = 5/5<ref name="tinymixtapes">{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/mount-eerie-after|title = ''(after)'' review | publisher = tinymixtapes | accessdate = October 24, 2019}}</ref> }}
Upon release, the album received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 86, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 7 reviews.<ref name="MC">{{cite web |title=''(After)'' [Live] by Mount Eerie |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/after-live/mount-eerie |website=Metacritic |accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref>
In a positive review, Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that the album "continues the evolution of these songs as layered expressions of grief, realization and love" and praised the live element writing that "Taking in each song as a discrete entity allows different moments to break listeners' hearts".<ref name="AllMusic" /> Ian Gormely of ''Exclaim!'' wrote that the album "finds its uniqueness not in the arrangements, but in the context of the presentation" and that "we have Elverum presenting some of the rawest emotions of his life".<ref name="Exclaim" /> Nathan Reese of ''Pitchfork'' stated that "the most striking thing about ''After'' is that, even after so many performances, these songs sound as raw as they did when Elverum first committed them to paper and tape".<ref name="Reese" /> Adam Rothbarth of ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' wrote that "this album is great. The guitar is heard clearly, and Elverum's voice comes through on top" and that "As a performance, it's impressive: Elverum switches between strumming chords and picking individual lines, and he does it all while effortlessly delivering his challenging lyrics and their imbalanced melodies."<ref name="tinymixtapes" />
=== Accolades === ''After'' was ranked number six on ''PopMatters'' list of the 20 best folk albums of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 20 Best Folk Albums of 2018|url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-folk-albums-2018-2621553994.html?rebelltitem=27#rebelltitem27?rebelltitem=27|last=Woronzoff|first=Elisabeth|date=2018-11-27|website=PopMatters|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203111100/https://www.popmatters.com/best-folk-albums-2018-2621553994.html?rebelltitem=27 |archive-date=2020-12-03 |access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Phil Elverum | title1 = Real Death | length1 = 2:50 | title2 = Seaweed | length2 = 3:18 | title3 = Ravens | length3 = 7:02 | title4 = When I Take Out the Garbage at Night | length4 = 2:21 | title5 = Emptiness Pt. 2 | length5 = 2:40 | title6 = Soria Moria | length6 = 6:19 | title7 = Crow | length7 = 2:19 | title8 = Distortion | length8 = 11:11 | title9 = Now Only | length9 = 5:57 | title10 = Crow Pt. 2 | length10 = 7:09 | title11 = Remarks | length11 = 0:36 | title12 = Tintin in Tibet | length12 = 6:25 | total_length = 58:13 }}
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==External links== * {{Discogs master|1432115|After}}
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