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Lily Seabird — Trash Mountain (Lame O)

Photo by Evan Loigon

The singer songwriter Lily Seabird lives and works and sometimes performs in a pink house constructed on a decommissioned landfill near Burlington, Vermont, a home she commemorates in the title of this third full-length and in two of its best songs. It’s a fitting metaphor, this building dedicated to art and performance and creativity that sits on a pile of trash. Seabird was an environmental activist before she was a recording artist, and even now, as a full-time performer, she adeptly reuses and repurposes discarded fragments of daily life.

“Trash Mountain (1 p.m.),” for instance, captures the flotsam and jetsam of existence in lines like “There was a man pushing a shopping cart full of bottles of belief/And he was yelling about the taxes and drinking a twisted tea/And it made me remember that I had to do my taxes too/But how are we supposed to remember things when there’s so much to do.” The lines are sung in a hitching, gulping, entirely charming voice that might remind you of Joanna Sternberg or, at a stretch, early Joanna Newsom, or even the 1970s folksinger Melanie (of “Brand New Key”), and the vibe is carefully mussed, that is, loose and casual on the surface but precisely made and thought out.

Seabird has made three previous albums and the one just before this, Alas from 2024, rocked a little harder and employed a full band. In “Grace” from that disc, you can make a connection to Stef Chura’s raw, exuberant rock. But Trash Mountain hits hard, even without the raucous backing, especially in the long, broody “Arrow” where drums bash and electric guitar mourns, and Seabird’s sings with tender prickliness, stinging as she soothes, soothing as she stings. The song mourns the end of a troubled relationship, where the narrator blames herself, perhaps unfairly (the line “I gave myself this black eye/Wеll, loving you didn't make me do that,” raises an eyebrow). It’s a slow uncoiling of emotion, this song, the vocal and instrumental elements building slowly. By the end, the guitar solo whips around the vocal melody like a flag in the wind, enlarging but not overwhelming its melancholy aura.

There’s a lot of sadness in Trash Mountain, never more than in the gorgeous “It was like you were coming to wake us back up,” where Seabird sings about thinking she sees a dead friend in the distance riding a bike then realizes it’s someone else. Her voice breaks and frays in the song’s winding melody. It’s the way she sounds, but also a signifier of hurt and loss. “It was like, you were here, you were here, you were here,” she ends the song in a fervid yowl, lovely and broken and full of resilience.

Jennifer Kelly

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A friendly reminder for my fellow shipper trash...

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Trash Mountain Project Earns ECFA Accreditation

A former politician and accomplished businessman in Kansas, Aaron Jack has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. Currently serving as the president of Genius Diversified Holdings, LLC, he is a registered investment adviser representative. An active member of his Kansas community, Aaron Jack supports Trash Mountain Project. A non-profit organization based in Topeka, Trash Mountain Project (TMP) was founded with the goal of bringing sustainable changes to communities around the world that are near to and/or dependent for survival on a landfill. Toward this end, TMP raises funds through grants, churches, individuals, and organizations to fund plans that focus on such areas as education and nutrition. Recently, TMP was awarded Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) accreditation. The ECFA maintains a set of standards relating to such things as financial accountability and transparency that is used when determining an organization’s eligibility for accreditation. Organizations that have earned accreditation have demonstrated a clear willingness to adhere to a biblical model of financial accountability and a dedication to sharing the glory of Jesus Christ with others around the world. Now that TMP is accredited, it can display the ECFA seal as a testament to its values and overall mission.