Mount Eerie
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Mount Eerie is an Anacortes
, Washington-based band fronted by Phil Elverum. Elverum is the principal member of the band, but he has collaborated with many other musicians on his records.
. In an interview with CITR-FM
's Discorder in September 2003, Elverum gave his reasons for this change: "Mount Eerie is a new project. The Microphones was completed, or at least at a good stopping point. I did it because I am ready for new things. I am new."
Shortly after this announcement, Live in Japan, recorded during three days during Elverum's tour in Japan
in 2003, was released by K Records
. Despite the fact that the album contained all new material, the album was credited to 'The Microphones'. The quotation marks contained in the release are credited to the fact that Phil Elverum considered this to neither be a Microphones project, nor a Mount Eerie release.
Since the name change, Elverum has released a few singles, and limited vinyl-only releases. Elverum has also created a 3-LP recording of Mount Eerie titled Live in Copenhagen, released by Burnt Toast Vinyl in late 2004. The first Mount Eerie studio album was "No Flashlight" Songs of the Fulfilled Night, released on Elverum's own label, P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd. at What the Heck Fest
in Anacortes, WA on July 16, 2005 and commercially released on August 16, 2005. Released domestically on vinyl LP (although the LP version contained a copy of the CD), the album contained an extremely large sheet of paper containing track-by-track liner notes and pictures.
July 2007 marked the release of another ambitious project, Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7
a 132-page, hardcover coffee-table book of his photography, packaged with a 10" record. This book is the first large-scale publication of his photography.
The song Goodbye Hope appears in the 2010 film FAUX
by Christopher Michael Beer.
Anacortes, Washington
Anacortes is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is a consolidation of the name Anna Curtis, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. Anacortes' population was 15,778 at the time of the 2010 census...
, Washington-based band fronted by Phil Elverum. Elverum is the principal member of the band, but he has collaborated with many other musicians on his records.
History
Following the release of The Microphones' Mount Eerie album, Phil Elverum announced that he would no longer use the Microphones moniker, opting instead to record under the name Mount Eerie, after the area in Anacortes, Washington called Mount ErieMount Erie (Washington)
Mount Erie is a mountain in Skagit County, Washington. The park land is owned and operated by the city of Anacortes and is located in the south of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands....
. In an interview with CITR-FM
CITR-FM
CITR-FM, normally branded CiTR , is a Canadian FM radio station based out of the University of British Columbia's Student Union Building in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia.CiTR is operated by UBC students and community volunteers under the...
's Discorder in September 2003, Elverum gave his reasons for this change: "Mount Eerie is a new project. The Microphones was completed, or at least at a good stopping point. I did it because I am ready for new things. I am new."
Shortly after this announcement, Live in Japan, recorded during three days during Elverum's tour in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in 2003, was released by K Records
K Records
K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers...
. Despite the fact that the album contained all new material, the album was credited to 'The Microphones'. The quotation marks contained in the release are credited to the fact that Phil Elverum considered this to neither be a Microphones project, nor a Mount Eerie release.
What the Heck Fest
What the Heck Fest is an annual festival in Anacortes, Washington, coinciding with a citywide rummage sale called Shipwreck Day. It began in 2001. The festival takes place at various locations all over town in a week in the middle of July. Performers present music, movies, literature, and art...
in Anacortes, WA on July 16, 2005 and commercially released on August 16, 2005. Released domestically on vinyl LP (although the LP version contained a copy of the CD), the album contained an extremely large sheet of paper containing track-by-track liner notes and pictures.
July 2007 marked the release of another ambitious project, Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7
Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7
Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7 is an EP by Mount Eerie. It was released on a 10" picture disc packaged in a 132-page hardcover artbook of photography taken by Phil Elverum.-Track listing:All songs by Phil Elverum.#"Mount Eerie pt. 6" – 11:51#*"Known World"...
a 132-page, hardcover coffee-table book of his photography, packaged with a 10" record. This book is the first large-scale publication of his photography.
The song Goodbye Hope appears in the 2010 film FAUX
FAUX
FAUX is a 2010 USA drama film, directed and written by Christopher Michael Beer focusing on the influence economics has on sexuality. -Cast:*Andrew Sass ... Caleb*Jemar Rovie-Frenchwood ... Rin*Matthew Fenney ... Denny*Nicole Kruex ... Theresa...
by Christopher Michael Beer.
LPs
- "No Flashlight" Songs of the Fulfilled Night (2005 – 12" LP with CD)
- Lost WisdomLost WisdomLost Wisdom is an album by Mount Eerie, with Canadian musicians Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire. It was released 7 October 2008 on P. W. Elverum & Sun....
(2008 - LP/CD recorded with Julie DoironJulie DoironJulie Doiron is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage.-Background:Doiron started playing guitar in Eric's Trip at the age of eighteen, having joined the band at the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip...
and Frederick Squire) - DawnDawn (Mount Eerie album)Dawn is the third full-length album by Mount Eerie. It was officially released 1 November 2008 on P. W. Elverum & Sun. The songs were all written by Phil Elverum during the winter of 2002–03, which he spent alone in a cabin in a remote part of Norway....
(2008 - Book of journal entries written in 2002/2003 by Elverum along with a CD of songs written during the same period) - Wind's PoemWind's PoemWind's Poem is the name of the fourth full-length album by Mount Eerie. It is largely inspired by black metal, and showcases Phil Elvrum in his "relatively newfound affinity for Xasthur and other lynchpins of the unholy genre."...
(2009 - 12" LP)
EPs and other albums
- Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie" (2004 – CD-R/MP3 & OGG)
- Live in Copenhagen (2004 – 3 12" LPs)
- Mount Eerie Dances with WolvesMount Eerie Dances with WolvesMount Eerie Dances with Wolves, also known as Two New Songs of Mount Eerie is an EP by Mount Eerie. It was first released in Australia as Two New Songs in 2004, and released in the United States as Dances with Wolves in 2005....
a.k.a. Two New Songs of "Mount Eerie" (2004/2005 – 12" LP) - The Drums from "No Flashlight" by Mt. Eerie (2005 – 12" LP)
- SINGERS (2005 – 12" LP with CD)
- Eleven Old Songs of Mount EerieEleven Old Songs of Mount EerieEleven Old Songs of Mount Eerie is an album by Mount Eerie written during Elverum's stay in Finnkonevika hyette, Norway in the winter of 2002/2003 and recorded in Anacortes in the winter of 2004...
(2005 – 12" LP with CD) - Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7 is an EP by Mount Eerie. It was released on a 10" picture disc packaged in a 132-page hardcover artbook of photography taken by Phil Elverum.-Track listing:All songs by Phil Elverum.#"Mount Eerie pt. 6" – 11:51#*"Known World"...
(2007 – 132 pg. hardcover book with 10" picture disc) - Black Wooden Ceiling OpeningBlack Wooden Ceiling OpeningBlack Wooden Ceiling Opening is an EP released by Mount Eerie. The album was released as a 10" record on white vinyl accompanied by a CD containing the same songs, as well as a 10-song bootleg recording of the same group of musicians featured on the album live in concert at the Department of Safety...
(2008 – 10" LP with CD) - White Stag (2009 – CDR with poster)
- Black Wooden (2009 - LP and CD)
- Song Islands vol. 2 (2010 - 2x LP + Download)
External links
- P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd. (Elverum's own label)
- The Microphones / Mount Eerie at K Records
- Mt. Eerie Preservation Society – defunct fansite
- Message board for Mt. Eerie Preservation Society
- Get Off The Internet Society – updated fansite
- Mount Eerie Facebook Like Page - Fan Managed Like Page
- KNW-YR-OWN Records