Phil Elvrum

Phil Elverum
Photo by Pat Castaldo.
Background information
Birth name	Phil Elvrum
Born	May 26, 1978 (1978-05-26) (age 33)
Genres	Indie rock
Occupations	Musician
Associated acts	The Microphones Mount Eerie Old Time Relijun

Phil Elverum (born Phil Elvrum May 26, 1978) is the sole permanent member of the Anacortes, Washington-based indie rock bands The Microphones and Mount Eerie.

Phil Elverum manipulates analog recording devices in his work. Most of the Microphones catalog was recorded on a broken 16 track reel to reel tape machine while his recent material has been recorded on an 8 track reel to reel.

Elverum currently operates P. W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd., from which he sells records by Mount Eerie and the Microphones as well as Thanksgiving, Woelv and The Spectacle.

Phil Elverum used to drum for the Olympia, Washington-based band Old Time Relijun. He is also a founding member of the band D+, and has produced and engineered recordings for other artists including Beat Happening, Mirah, Little Wings, Karl Blau, and Jason Anderson.

Other work

In addition to his albums, Elverum has released several self-published books. He is also a painter, and has created the artwork for most of his albums, as well as the t-shirts and posters sold during his tours.

External links

Phil Elverum

The Microphones

Adam Forkner • Amber Bell • Anna Oxygen • Bronwyn Holm • Calvin Johnson • Dennis Driscoll • Jenn Kliese • Karl Blau • Kyle Field • Mikhaela Maricich • Mirah Zeitlyn

Studio albums	Microphone (1996) • X-Ray Means Woman (1996) • Wires and Cords (1997) • Tests (1998) • Don't Wake Me Up (1999) • Window (2000) • It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (2000) • The Glow Pt. 2 (2001) • Mount Eerie (2003)

Miscellaneous albums	Blood (2001) • Little Bird Flies into a Big Black Cloud (2002) • Song Islands (2002) • Headwaters: An Attempted Explanation of Mount Eerie (2003) • Live in Japan (2004)

Singles	"Bass Drum Dream" (1998) • "Feedback (Life, Love, Loop)" (1999) • "Moon Moon" (1999) • "I Can't Believe You Actually Died" (2001) • "The Moon" (2001) • "Lanterns" (2002) • "Don't Smoke" / "Get Off the Internet" (2007)

Mount Eerie

Studio albums	"No Flashlight": Songs of the Fulfilled Night (2005) • Lost Wisdom (2008) • Dawn (2008) • Wind's Poem (2009)

Miscellaneous albums	Live in Copenhagen (2004) • Singers • (2005) • Eleven Old Songs of Mount Eerie (2005)

EPs	Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie" (2004) • Mount Eerie Dances with Wolves (2004) • Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7 (2007) • Black Wooden Ceiling Opening (2008)

Singles	"Twenty Bees" (2005) • "I Whale" (2006) • "Through the Trees" (2009)

Other related acts

D+ • Old Time Relijun • Julie Doiron

Record labels

P. W. Elverum & Sun • K Records • Knw-Yr-Own Records

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Name	Elverum, Phil
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Date of birth	May 26, 1978
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