Cold Mountain Child are giving away their wonderful record Stillness Singing as a free download on last.fm. It was one of my favorites last year, a collection of hauntingly beautiful songs perfect for seeing-your-own-breath sort of weather.

I highly recommend grabbing a physical copy still, it’s a CD with a hand sewn 16-page booklet filled with lyrics and various photos. It’s a package worth holding on to.

mp3: Cold Mountain Child - Sleeping People

The best piece of mail to find its way to my oft-ignored mailbox this year would be Cold Mountain Child’s Stillness Singing, complete with a personal note documenting a brief moment in time during a gray Michigan day from Daniel.

While I have never been very fond of compact discs, Stillness Singing sits nestled in a 16-page booklet full of lyrics, photos and art.

This is cold weather music, soothing and haunting at the same time; the perfect companion piece for the coming months.

Order it here: Dinosaur Club Records

mp3: Cold Mountain Child - II) night’s taking

While on my internet hiatus, the most amazing thing happened, I started to receive bits of snail mail. The best piece to find its way to my oft-ignored mailbox would be Cold Mountain Child’s Stillness Singing with a personal note documenting a brief moment in time during a gray Michigan day from Daniel.

I first wrote about Cold Mountain Child in early August, and as just as I had predicted its been increasingly difficult to keep their album out of my stereo for very long. While I have never been very fond of compact discs, Stillness Singing sits nestled in a 16-page booklet full of lyrics, photos and art.

When I interviewed Phil Elverum last year (you can certainly hear a little Mount Eerie in the track above) he said that he liked releasing on vinyl because as a “thing maker” and that when he saw a CD he wanted to throw them in the trash. Stillness Singing is one of the best example of how a CD can be something worth holding onto.

Order it here: Dinosaur Club Records