Mount Eerie (album)

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Mount Eerie

Studio album by The Microphones

Released

January 21, 2003

Recorded

November 21, 2001 - June 10, 2002

Genre

experimental rock

Length

40:51

Label

K Records

Producer

Phil Elverum

The Microphones chronology

The Glow Pt. 2
(2001)

Mount Eerie
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	(8.9/10) 1/21/2003
Tiny Mix Tapes

Mount Eerie is the last studio album from the band The Microphones. Microphones frontman Phil Elvrum began working on "Mount Eerie" after taking a long tour of Europe and North America. Released by K Records in 2003, the album is named after the mountain on Fidalgo Island where Elvrum spent much of his childhood. Containing five songs of various lengths, the album picks up from where The Glow Pt. 2 leaves off. In the story Elvrum is dead (continuing the narrative of the glow pt.II) and he goes on a journey through a multitude of levels of consciousness and existence and (penultimately) discovers the face of the Universe. It represents a turning point and a realization period in Elvrum's life. The album is noted by critics for its stellar production and imaginative songwriting.

Track listing

"I. The Sun" - 17:11
"II. Solar System" - 3:38
"III. Universe" - 6:41
"IV. Mt. Eerie" - 8:58
"V. Universe" - 4:23

Personnel

Phil Elvrum - vocals, guitars, bass, organ, piano, Swiss alpenhorn, drums, additional percussion
Adam Forkner - Cowbell and Trumpet on "The Sun,"
Anna Oxygen - Additional vocals on "The Sun," "Mt. Eerie"
Mirah - Additional vocals on "Solar System"
Khaela Maricich - Additional vocals on "Universe" (part 1), "Mt. Eerie"
Calvin Johnson - Additional vocals on "Universe" (part 1)
Jenn Kliese - Additional vocals on "Universe" (part 1), "Mt. Eerie," and "Universe" (part 2)
Kyle Field - Additional vocals and instruments on "Mt. Eerie"
Karl Blau - Additional vocals and instruments on "Mt. Eerie"

"Precipice Carolers"

These singers form the chorus of the title track.

Kyle Field (of Little Wings)
Phil Elvrum
Khaela Maricich (of The Blow)
Phan Nguyen
Amber Bell
Bethany Hays Parke
Shawn Parke
Hollis Parke
Dennis Driscoll
Zach Alarcon
Adam Forkner

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) 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) Clear Moon (2012) Ocean Roar (2012)

Miscellaneous albums	Live in Copenhagen (2004) Singers (2005) Eleven Old Songs of Mount Eerie (2005) Song Islands vol. 2 (2010) Live in Bloomington, September 30th, 2011 (2013)

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) Black Wooden (2009)

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

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