On previous Microphones albums, Phil Elvrum has explored themes of man communing with nature, describing serene catastrophic entanglements with wind, sea and woods. Mount Eerie is a concept album that takes it up a notch, the self-searching for identity within a universal context. Divided into five parts, it is named after Mt. Erie, a peak that dominates Fidalgo Island where Phil grew up. This drama tells the tale of one person striking out into the wilderness to unearth the face beneath the disguise   [ read more ]

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The doors of perception are open for business. On this release, experimental pop-psych frolic thru soft explosion of layered sounds. Organs, tapeloops, xylophone, feedback blasts, nature samples, accordion, hushed-vocal harmonies, and nylon-string acoustics are just the beginning. This is pure pop. Stunning.

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The Microphones are the vision of a singular individual, Phil Elvrum. For over five years he has been prolifically crafting noisy pop sounds with the help of various friends and collaborators. "Song Islands" compiles all the Microphones singles onto one disc. Previously available only in limited quantities on 7? discs from such labels as Instatone, Up, K, the Bedtime Record, and Coming in Second, as well as a few cassette compilations on friends' labels around the globe. Some of the individuals that assist    [ read more ]

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The Microphones continue to boldly expand and expound upon the possibilities of analog recording. Their third full-length for K and fifth overall, is a sprawling 67-minute masterwork, sure to earn the group the undisputed title of experimental pop's MVPs. Impeccable songwriting laden with hooks, a widely varied palette of instrumentation, potent lyrical paintings, and interspersed sound tweaks that serve to lace everything together. Comparisons to the Elephant 6 collective aside, "The Glow Pt. 2" transcends   [ read more ]

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The new Microphones album Live in Japan February 19th, 21st and 22nd, 2003 features previously unreleased material from singer/songwriter Phil Elverum. These 11 songs are only a sampling of all new songs performed by Elverum in a two-week tour of Japan in early 2003. After spending five months in isolation in Norway, Elverum emerged with a cache of heart-felt and reflective songs reminiscent of The Glow Part II. A drastic change from 2002¹s epic tale of Mount Eerie, we find Elverum playing acoustic pop so   [ read more ]

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Reissue of The Microphones' album, "Window," originally released in 2000. This collection of six songs and seventeen audio recording experiments helped to establish The Microphones' Phil Elvrum as one of indie music's most innovative artists. The album features the playing and/or voices of some of indie's best-known names, including Dennis Driscoll, Mirah, and Calvin Johnson, and was mostly recorded at that hotbed of audio activism, Dub Narcotic Studio. The songs and experiments run the gamut from tender to   [ read more ]

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