Mountain Man: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@nprmusic]

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[@AndyMoranPhoto]

Man, what a breath of fresh air this is. Like sitting under an apple tree in spring on your first day off from work in months.

[@elizabethpowell9386]

This is the best description. I couldn't have said it better.

[@silverlionlb]

Very much so. I honestly can't remember the last tiny desk vid I came across with so many hateful/joking/etc top comments. This one was simply a beautiful performance.

[@freethesky10blue89]

Most people have been off work for months due to the control agenda but I like your comment.

[@MichaelIhde69]

wow i couldn’t have said it better myself. my partner and i recently welcomed a newborn son and i’ve been working 50-60 hrs to make ends meet, working every day except sundays, sometimes working 2-3 doubles in a row. yesterday and today were my first full days off in a long long time and now i’m just sitting here with my son in the front pack while the sun rises learning to play Moon. spent a long time looking up chords and examining videos before i FINALLY realized that molly tunes the g string down one half step when she plays it 😭 what a breath of fresh air.

[@nacarreira777]

Pure magic

[@blastfiend]

Someone at NPR should compile a "best of" edit of all the awkward stories/jokes told in between songs on Tiny Desk. Something silly lives in those moments that doesn't exist anywhere else in life. When a performer is trying to stay in the zone while tuning or just filling the awkward silence in a room of people waiting for whatever comes next. They reach into the grab-bag of their mind and pick out a random thought -- often times adding to the awkwardness of the moment -- and we love it.

[@DanielC__]

How bout “worst of”? This would be a contender for the top 20

[@michaelclark1811]

Why you gotta be so negative man??

[@sarafina03]

@@DanielC__ cranky pants

[@AggresivelyBenign]

Their harmonies are so spot on that their voices resonate with the guitar and carry with the chords. So stellar.

[@zwick6890]

Props to the sound engineer- always soo good on these videos!

[@jamosensei]

That be the talents of the legendary Obi Wan Rogosin!

[@JohnChapman7]

Better than their album!

[@odog8x16]

This feels so....genuine, like you can so obviously see and hear their friendship through the music and their mannerisms towards each other. Anyways, they have a new fan

[@dyan785]

it's inspiring

[@rosea9737]

I have always thought and felt this, please see Honeybee (Yours Truly Session) if you haven't already, it is indescribable.

[@mundomagico7787]

Yes I’d watch the whole series in one night!

[@dyan785]

This is something special. We need this soft energy right now, too.

[@diondredunigan5282]

And now, more than ever

[@oliviafayemiller2118]

I love when Amelia looks at each of them while they have their eyes shut and they know she's looking and open their eyes too. 💗💗💗

[@bellahatescats]

The way they look at each other when they sing... so sweet

[@TRIPPLEJAY00]

What is with these ladies. I feel warm, laughter, and have the sense of feeling like I'm home. I'm from London and never seen these great ladies. A blessing.

[@dyan785]

you nailed it so well I'm crying now

[@TRIPPLEJAY00]

@@dyan785 Group hug 🤗😁

[@tianahester-robles3460]

Definitely needed the calmness of their harmony today.

[@layanerizzo176]

i love hearing new things i never knew existed.. it's like seeing a new color

[@rebeccazakreski3776]

"I had a different thing" (my favorite part :) )

[@flowersafeheart]

This is so different from anything I've ever seen and is touching me. Then realized the Sylvan Esso connection, which is also wonderful music.

[@feeling00d]

They're so sweet, they won a fan when they talked about their breakfast

[@marcscordato4385]

Complex harmony minimalist guitar work very nice indeed .

[@mikefrash]

care to explain complex harmony?

[@MaterDolorumOraProNobis]

More like nuanced harmony wouldn’t call it overly complex.

[@mikefrash]

@@MaterDolorumOraProNobis genuinely curious, i don't have any formal training in music. i get the general idea of harmony, but i'm wondering what/why would it be caracterized as complex, or nuanced? from my point of view, it looks really easy to play, when comparing it to more "complex" genres, jazz/metal come to mind. cheers

[@MaterDolorumOraProNobis]

Mike simply put the harmonies are pretty simple. That doesn’t make them bad or easy. They clearly have practiced together a lot and are tight. However, the vocal range isn’t wide and the voices are locked into a basic pattern of harmonies that repeats. A complex harmony would include more voices and would cover a wider range of notes.

[@cedric58]

@@mikefrash To answer to your curiosity, my point of vue is these are complexe harmones because : - they did not choose the easiest way to harmonize (always the 3rd or 5th like we usually heard), but they add a lot of colors in their melodies. - their voices are likes enterlaced snakes, when the main singer is going up, the others do not always go up too. This is kind of 3 melodies (or sub-melodies, specially 1rst and 2nd songs) that are differents, but mixed together and they match so well. For me you can compare the harmonization like that to this kind of optical illusion ("do you see a duck or a rabbit") : www.all-about-psychology.com/images/rabbit-duck-illusion-psychology.jpg That's make their harmonies complexe because of that. For me complexe had never meant hard to listen or hard to play (even if their harmonies are probably quite hard to sing). This is my point of view and this is more a definition issue about what means "complexe harmony" which seems not to be the same as yours. Cheers :)

[@cwade620]

They're _so_ made for this setting! God I missed them

[@user-wc7mo2io9z]

00:00 -- Rang Tant Ring Toon 04:38 -- Moon 08:44 -- Stella

[@GVilleAnarcho]

I'll never forget the first time my friend showed me the "Animal Tracks" video. These ladies give me chills. Every video I've seen of them seems so intimate and their presence so genuine. I don't even know how to describe it. Another killer NPR, thanks!

[@_CoasterNinja]

NPR! Please bring The Staves on some time!

[@joshzak8486]

Yesssssss

[@salaovea]

Yessss!!! My life would be complete.

[@domdom5491]

Yessss

[@morikie]

CoasterNinja I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR THIS. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN TINY DESK. WE WANT TO HEAR HOW THEIR HARMONIES WOULD SOUND IN YOUR PLATFORM

[@Lilyhardeneded]

Agreed

[@star0shadows]

The breakfast chat was so wholesome and also stoned.

[@joeceonnia1954]

I bump into your music, I must say, you young lady’s sound great harmonizing together. I feel better that I came across The Little Desk Concert.

[@sarahpazhyde]

beautiful how they hold space for one another. looooovely new discoveries.

[@RayVon246]

performance of stella is incredible, can't get enough

[@EricG-bv2ui]

the sound engineer. You captured the amazing sound of these ladies perfectly 👏👏👏

[@aarhead72]

Wow. Suddenly I want to ride a unicycle and make my own shampoo.

[@FartNSniff]

Suddenly I want to make my own granola, buy a ukulele, and only wear hemp clothes.

[@tishunnikco6019]

I already make my own deteoterant. This makes me want to go on a sunrise bike ride and make some good overnight oatmeal!

[@barrygoldwater9450]

I hand craft artisan heirloom unicycles made from used needles and organic mushroom compost if you're actually interested. I can't detect sarcasm anymore due to environmental influences.

[@MaterDolorumOraProNobis]

This whole thing is like something from a Portlandia episode.

[@armandom.5299]

I'm wearing my brown huaraches the rest of the week and eating berries.

[@AndersRapp]

They are very talented. I started listening to Crosby, Stills & Nash because apart from writing great songs they are really good at doing very exact and crystal clear harmonies in perfect time. These girls do that too and it's awesome.

[@joedivision7148]

So happy they're back! I found their music a few years after they released Made the Habor and fell in love. Always thought it was a shame they stopped making music together. And then this pops up! Definitely buying that new album today and checking for tour dates.

[@bfgivmfith]

I love seeing people that come together to achieve a common goal, be it a project or whatever, but music? I love it so much seeing and hearing people that manage to come together and preform beautiful music. That is special, and far reaching.

[@FreedomIsJustAWord]

I feel like I have arrived in Portland

[@SmallMartingale]

Nailed it👌

[@maniestacio9245]

Stuff only PNWers will understand...

[@FWDoraDora13]

This feels like they are playing a show at the doug fir lounge.

[@coreyballard8359]

Or Asheville

[@tmead07]

Or in this case, Bennington, VT

[@thewolfves5675]

When I saw mountain man I had to pinch myself so I knew it wasnt a dream. I've never clicked on a video so fast in my life!

[@dejWA]

HELL YES! I wasn't sure they were still together since Amelia was doing the Sylvan Esso thing. This is the best news, and a beautiful performance as always

[@mord696]

Good to see them getting recognition , first know them from Feist , they do the backup vocal on her tour , Alexandra is super cute

[@lizzeeboon3949]

the Siren in the blue denim jumper has me in a trace, cant stop watching her as she sings.

[@mashedpotatojohnson6417]

She is a goddess. Her name is Amelia, I think, and she also sings in Sylvan Esso. Check it out.

[@geenatron]

Amelia periodically making eye contact with the camera has Jim Halpert vibes hehe

[@0-now-is-here]

Those tight gentle exquisite vocals are a balm for all the rough noisy edges of the world. Their kind repartee so tender, like home for the soul… couldn’t love this more❤

[@HM-th9so]

One of my absolute favorite bands. Super under rated. So is their other works.

[@sintesecc]

Bombay Bicycle Club + Mountain Man collab would be mindblowing :)

[@RobinLNJ]

Ok thanks, looking up Bombay Bicycle club next! Thanks for the thread to follow.

[@kcunningham3900]

Mountain Man + NPR =

[@katiek.982]

they're all so mesmerizing to watch in completely different ways also Amelia's eyebrows should get credit on this

[@KatieYoung-y1q]

Every time. Every time. So grounding. So pleasing. Yes. Gratitude.

[@JeredtheShy]

I'm so damn glad this band is still alive.

[@rebeccacartier153]

I really wanted Amelia’s dad to call in the middle of the set again like with her sylvan esso tiny desk.

[@romancasillas2123]

This was special. Can't wait to hear more from them.

[@__-us3ou]

This is wonderful low volume, peaceful, true to the heart, no sentimentality, new Appalachian Country vocalism/guitar music. Good poetry. I would prefer this over any modern pop music.

[@terrywbreedlove]

I haven’t seen them in so long it is good to see them together and still making great music.

[@gustavojr8081]

Them sirens did this to pete they loved him up and turned him into a horny toad 😂 beautiful group tho

[@DDKroes-xr2qe]

My thoughts exactly! :')

[@christina-kd1dp]

Hahaha "a horny toad!"

[@aricgoss]

I don’t know their names. I SEEN EM FIRST

[@rachelheath8550]

"We thought you was a toad!"

[@jordanyoung1675]

DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE!!

[@janshi876]

Always happy when I hear these voices. Reminds me of my good times at the end of the world 💜 feels like a homecoming

[@joeranger56]

The coolest! Three hip chicks! You help my heart breathe and my lips smile, differently than any lonely mile or hypnotic brook, but eerily the same. Hoping for some concert dates down south.

[@clairesendejas6854]

Moon song is incredible... All three are great but that one is super special.

[@louier2967]

I first heard Stella when I watched Grey House on Broadway last week and I was hooked ever since 🥲

[@mattstang1096]

I lost it at "my breakfast is your breakfast"

[@bigcitybuslines3872]

3:33 is my favorite minute or so of radio, forever and ever.

[@sugarglider5]

I thought it was Slyvan Esso at first then I read the title and sTARTED SCREAMING. I LOVE Mountain Man.

[@MissSunflower242]

Harmonies on point! Swear I've always thot these girls were sisters. Joseph vibes but in a quieter, hiking a mountain side in the morning dew kind of way. Babygirl from Sylvan Esso yesss! Found them here and have been obsessed since In luv girls. Thank you for blessing me this mornin

[@chronicmango]

What’s funny is that when I first saw Joseph before they released their first EP, I said “this band reminds me of Mountain Man but a little more poppy.”

[@MamaGator]

Organic harmony. Love y'all so much 💚

[@AmericoVespucioo]

Moon about to me made cry for it's delicate beauty.

[@uphollandlatic]

Beautiful sound. I saw them in Bournemouth ,UK, when the toured with Jonsi (singer with Sigur Ross) on his solo tour.

[@customURLfor]

I usually wait for the youtube upload, but I've already watched this a couple of times on NPR itself. beautiful

[@dsmith2261]

the angelic sounds of these weird beautiful people always bring me to tears!

[@syckindahead]

I like how the rhythm of the music flows through Meath-she can't stay still! Always swinging with the music.

[@jamesonian90]

My favorite part is the eyebrow exchange at 1:42

[@micky_knuckles]

Amelia is definitely the most "animated" one in the trio.

[@cyclopshot]

I was wondering if anybody else had noticed that haha

[@laurelhumphreys1056]

I have been waiting for this Tiny Desk for ages- Animal Tracks popped up on my Spotify a while back and I’ve been a fan ever since

[@stacieklein3113]

Ditto except Spotify brought me Rang Tang Ring Toon! So, so good to see this Tiny Desk.

[@chris_anna4702]

So greatful I found them - all thanks to Tiny Desk

[@AmiraSmyrna]

Beautiful, suits brother where art thou, soundtrack, lovely has an Allison krauss feel.

[@hv002]

Glad to hear from these voices again! Mountain Man + Maggie Rogers needs to happen.

[@SuperJrfree]

i love how they share the guitar!!!

[@Wolyboly24]

This was amazing! We all deserve friends, like these three, who inspire and support each other. Please keep making such fantastic and beautiful music.

[@hamzasr6501]

i love them so much for such a long time so glad to see them getting recognition !!!!

[@diogosjoruney]

I'm loving it, on repeat all morning...

[@EdwinJoyo]

Beaty beaty beaty music!!! I love Amelia, Molly and Alexandra....

[@keepcalmandcarryon8934]

J'aime! Feel like singing in O' Sisters movie. Enchantée par ces Fées. Merci, NPR, ad libitum...

[@matiascabello-delboccio7481]

the awkwardness of them talking is incredible, i love it

[@tsopuaifa]

This is definitely what music is all about, and life. If people would listen to this there would be no violence around.

[@JayFLopez]

They're all so deeply Bennington, I love them!

[@kermittheefrog9941]

They all look like my English professor

[@MaterDolorumOraProNobis]

They purposely dress weird because that’s what indie musicians do. They have to conform to their non-conformity.

[@itzhim313]

lmao

[@alexe8370]

@@itzhim313 Your book report is due!

[@justaperson1812]

this is painfully accurate

[@mspussygalore]

*Great harmony from a Mountain Girl*

[@graham9834773]

Beautiful music. I wish I could get excited about oatmeal, or wearing a Yoko shirt, or denim coveralls. Honestly, not trying to be rude. I just wish I could be that happy. I'm just Graham.

[@peterdennan9847]

this made me laugh . thank you

[@helenmcdiarmid8301]

Just being Graham is exciting in itself!

[@melindalemmon2149]

I know exactly whatcha mean.

[@Abezethi]

I like it. I'm going to be Graham now too.

[@tsopuaifa]

The Yoko t-shirt made my day.

[@indigogirl17]

Love these young women's great singing and songs.

[@aftermath66699]

Never stop smiling Ameila

[@rachyrack]

Made my day, Big Love THANK You NPR.. i want to try the oatmeal breakfast! wow.. wanderlust listening to this.

[@b-b8704]

I didn't realize Amelia still sang with mountain man, pretty cool they still play together

[@bria7379]

I really like their music. The harmonies and the guitar is awesome.

[@GoncaloLoyal]

They are like the masters of small talk

[@MD-cj4yh]

Just wonderful!

[@Salmoninyourrice]

I love it. I listen to Sylvan Esso when I clean my house 😌

[@LocNess]

Finding new music fills my soul. You guys remind me of the Kossoy Sisters and my grandmom. Keep on keepin on. You have new fans in Philly.

[@OKNOWIMMAD12345678]

Lovely harmony.

[@bigJayCanada]

YES! Thank you for that. Talent.

[@mrstraiban]

This was enjoyable. Love Sylvan Esso as well.

[@samuelbetts9352]

I remember hearing them ages ago but could never find them, they need to be more known!!!

[@freshencounter]

Perfection! Just what I needed. ❤️👍🏾

[@bandminha]

Feeling cozy!

[@tomoconnor906]

As a Canadian this makes me miss The Be Good Tanyas. Great set!

[@kathyhollenbach7413]

@Tom O'Connor, I love the Be Good Tanyas! I listen to their albums on KZbin.

[@ChelseaKrave]

they're so pure

[@Bearsarepeople2]

anyone else listen to this almost every single day?

[@lukemosher8740]

molly's vibrato almost sounds like a flute or am I just lying?

[@BarronVonSchnoot]

What?

[@janetsummers7988]

youre not lying

[@gentleeyes]

I love them. They are all talented. My new favorites.

[@cfvilt]

Wow such a great way to start your Easter Sunday

[@LaurenKraft]

sound engineer, holy cow. mind blown. Especially on "stella". just immaculate sound.