The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain

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The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain
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Studio album by
Tapir!
Released26 January 2024 (2024-01-26)
Genre Indie folk
Length44:24
Label Heavenly
Producer
  • Joseph Futak
  • Yuri Shibuichi
Tapir! chronology
Act 2 (Their God)
(2023)		The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain
(2024)

The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain is the debut album by British indie folk band Tapir!, released on 26 January 2024 through Heavenly Recordings. The album is divided into three acts: The Pilgrim, Their God, and The King of My Decrepit Mountain, of which the first two were released separately in May and August 2023, respectively. It received positive reviews from critics.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain received a score of 72 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on four critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [1] Mojo felt that "Tapir!'s considerable world-building skills impress, even if seven-minute closer 'Mountain Song' seems a little directionless". [4] AllMusic's Marcy Donelson described the album as "a character-driven musical adventure involving mythical landscapes, a quest, and a growing ensemble to accommodate its offbeat art-folk", writing that "with each act consisting of a similar intro and three songs, it works well as an indie folk album, if a fanciful concept one with jittery drum machine patterns". [2]

Reviewing the album for DIY , Neive McCarthy wrote that "immersed in the cinematic, the mythological and the art of experimenting, Tapir's debut an ode to the power music has to transport. Here they've created a captivating universe." [3] David Murphy of MusicOMH found the album to be "a collection of three EPs of bucolic, understated indie folk which tell a somewhat inscrutable epic story, and the first of these, Act 1 (The Pilgrim), sets the tone, but lowers the expectations", concluding that "people often say that the first episode of a sit-com is disappointing, and you should skip to the second, which is exactly the approach we propose for this album". [5]

Track listing

The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain disc 1 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Act 1 (The Pilgrim)" (with Little Wings)1:39
2."On a Grassy Knoll (We'll Bow Together)"4:19
3."Swallow"4:12
4."The Nether (Face to Face)"3:56
Disc 2 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Act 2 (Their God)" (with Little Wings)2:07
2."Broken Ark"4:34
3."Gymnopédie"3:50
4."Eidolon"3:30
Disc 3 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Act 3 (The King of My Decrepit Mountain)" (with Little Wings)2:04
2."Untitled"3:33
3."My God"3:21
4."Mountain Song"7:19
Total length:44:24

Charts

Chart performance for The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain
Chart (2024)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [6] 29

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain by Tapir! Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 Donelson, Marcy. "Tapir! – The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain Album Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. 1 2 McCarthy, Neive (2 February 2024). "Tapir! – The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain review". DIY . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Tapir! – The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain". Mojo .
  5. 1 2 Murphy, David (27 January 2024). "Tapir! – The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain | Album Reviews". MusicOMH . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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