Mount Eerie (album)

Mount Eerie

Studio album by The Microphones

Released

January 21, 2003

Recorded

November 21, 2001 - June 10, 2002

Studio

Dub Narcotic
(Olympia, Washington)
Quatro-Syncho
(Trafton Lake, Washington)

Genre

Length

40:51

Label

Producer

Phil Elverum

The Microphones chronology

Alternative cover
The Glow Pt. 2 (2001)	Mount Eerie (2003)
CD cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Alternative Press	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	8.9/10^[3]
Tiny Mix Tapes	5/5^[4]

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I. The Sun"	17:11
2.	"II. Solar System"	3:38
3.	"III. Universe"	6:41
4.	"IV. Mt. Eerie"	8:58
5.	"V. Universe"	4:23
Total length:		40:51

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

References

↑ Phares, Heather. "Mount Eerie – The Microphones". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
↑ "The Microphones: Mount Eerie". Alternative Press (175): 70. February 2003.
↑ Carr, Eric (January 20, 2003). "The Microphones: Mount Eerie". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
↑ "The Microphones – Mount Eerie". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

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	Don't Wake Me Up (1999) It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (2000) The Glow Pt. 2 (2001) Mount Eerie (2003)

Miscellaneous albums	Microphone (1996) Wires and Cords (1997) Tests (1998) Window (2000) 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) Sauna (2015)

Miscellaneous albums	Live in Copenhagen (2004) Singers (2005) Eleven Old Songs of Mount Eerie (2005) White Stag (2009) Song Islands vol. 2 (2010) Live in Bloomington, September 30th, 2011 (2013) Pre-Human Ideas (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) "To the Ground" (2012) "World Heaves" (2012) "Emptiness" (2014)

Other related acts

Record labels

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

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