With a gentle strum and the shivers of a harmonica, we’re used into the world of “Trash Mountain (1PM)”, the new single from Burlington musician Lily Seabird. Taken from her forthcoming new album Trash Mountain, the track is an open road rambler, a canyon breeze, an ode to a house on a hill (in a landfill). Her voice has a unique twang, a shivering hesitancy that plays havoc with every syllable and makes her melodies instantly memorable. It reminds me of Adrianne Lenker or Margo Cilker — it’s the work of an artist finding comfort, or truth, in difficult circumstances, knowing that endings are hard and beginnings can be harder. But hope remains, and that certain light watches over us from loftier heights.
“It started with thinking about touring and then, late stage capitalism, technology, climate change, my shortening attention span, but also shifting relationships and our ability to deal with the past and move forward,” she says of the song. “I kinda just ended up at my house feeling really grateful for my friends. The house I live at has been referred to as Trash Mountain because it’s on top of an old landfill on the edge of town. It’s also the last place my friend Ryan went before she died, it’s really strange how a lot of our close friends wound up moving in here after she passed, she feels very tied to it spiritually.“
She also shares a video for the track, which she created with her brother Jack. “It was all shot in the Old North End of Burlington on a very cold day before Christmas,” she explains. “I was really inspired by Fatlip’s music video for the song ‘What’s Up Fatlip?’.“
Watch the clip below.
Trash Mountain is due out April 4 via Lame-O Records. You can pre-order the album here. Follow her on Instagram.
