stable whole because his tone remains so thoroughly distinctive" and that "Now more than ever, this music is laced with its maker's insistent worldview at every turn, and it's better for it." A mixed review by Stylus wrote that "because Elvrum’s philosophy is a rather muddled one (even with a surfeit explanation bordering on the absurd), it tends to take away from the album at key moments. Musical highlights like the beautifully hummed “How?” are weighed down by Elvrum's insistence on calling the visible world “the romance” or the unfortunate lyric “Because the pupil of my eye is a hole / There’s no Inside and there’s no Out / The world is in me and I am in the world” from the shimmering “No Inside, No Out.”" In a negative review, Sam Ubl of Pitchfork said that "Demanding listener input-- as Elverum does here by not-so-subtly inviting us to ponder him-- isn't a bad thing. But courting ears with such esoteric hooey is disingenuous and annoying" and that "he now makes boring music that is premised on his persona and the explanation thereof." Legacy Eric Hill of Exclaim! Included the album in a ranking of Elverum's "essential" albums. Track listing References Mount Eerie albums 2005 debut albums P. W. Elverum & Sun albums