Private Mountain – Heart On Sleeve, 10,000 Better Days

Some albums feel like they were written in a single burst of light. Heart on Sleeve, 10,000 Better
Days by Private Mountain isn’t one of them.
The debut from Naarm/Melbourne’s Tom Atkinson and Tom Pleasance is an emotional archive,
built slowly in their Box Hill living room over years of heartbreak, breakthrough, and everyday
survival. Rather than hiding behind irony, Private Mountain meets life head-on, crafting songs
that trace emotional echoes across time; when being 24 feels just like being 17, or when
heartbreaks overlap like old scars.
Produced, written, and mixed entirely at home, their music flows between lo-fi indie, folk-pop,
soul, and garage, nodding to King Krule and Snail Mail, but ultimately finding their own raw and
spellbindingly clear voice.
At the heart of Private Mountain is a 14-year friendship; a collaboration built on trust, shared
language, and relentless curiosity. Heart on Sleeve, 10,000 Better Days is a soundtrack for survival, made one song at a time.