Megafaun’s Phil Cook Announces New Album All These Years, Shares New Song: Listen

“Queen of Branches” appears on the new instrumental album from the Bon Iver and Hiss Golden Messenger collaborator
Phil Cook
Phil Cook, photo by Shervin Lainez

Phil Cook, the Megafaun member who has collaborated with Bon Iver, Matthew E. White, Hiss Golden Messenger, and many others, has announced a new solo piano instrumental album. All These Years is out November 19 via Psychic Hotline. Listen to the new song “Queen of Branches” below.

The album was recorded with a 100-year-old Steinway piano at NorthStar Church of the Arts in Durham, North Carolina by Cook’s cousin and collaborator Brian Joseph in spring 2021. Cook’s last album was 2018’s People Are My Drug, which followed 2015’s Southland Mission. In addition, in 2019, Cook released the compilation As Far as I Can See: Instrumental Recordings 2009-2019.

All These Years:

01 Brothers
02 Bicycle Kids
03 All These Years
04 Aubade in F Major
05 Queen of Branches
06 Gary for Moose
07 Thursday Night Prayer
08 Long Run
09 Alone
10 Overmountain Elegy