Mountain Rock

Mountain Rock is the third record by Portland-formed indie pop band Dear Nora. It was originally released through Magic Marker Records in 2004. In 2017, it would receive a critically applauded reissue through Orindal.

Mountain Rock
Studio album by Dear Nora
Released	May 18, 2004 (original release) January 13, 2017 (re-issue)
Recorded	December 2003
Studio	Peggy Davidson's living room (Cave Creek, Arizona) Bea Rector's quonset hut (Catalina, Arizona) A kitchen in Lower Haight (San Francisco, California)
Genre	Anti-folk folk-pop indie pop lo-fi
Length	31:58
Label	Magic Marker Records (2004 release) Orindal Records (2017 reissue)
Producer	Katy Davidson
Dear Nora chronology
The New Year (2002) Mountain Rock (00000001) There Is No Home (2006)

Composition

Mountain Rock has been applauded as an "overlooked anti-folk masterpiece" and an "indie pop masterpiece".^[1][2] It has also been called a "lo-fi folk-pop classic".^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[7]

Mountain Rock has been welcomed with mostly positive reviews towards both its 2004 release and 2017 reissue. Quinn Moreland of Pitchfork called it Davidson's "most complex album". Moreland credited tracks "You Are a Bear" and "Oxygen & the Mellow Stuff" with anticipating indie pop musician Frankie Cosmos and the "charmed beltings" of indie rock duo Girlpool.^[5]