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Release Date
19 January 1999
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Length
5 tracks
Mount Eerie was the last studio album from the band The Microphones before switching to the Mount Eerie name. Microphones frontman Phil Elverum 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 Elverum 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 Elverum is dead and he goes on a journey through a multitude of levels of consciousness and existence and ultimately discovers the face of the Universe. It represents a turning point and a realization period in Elverum's life. The album is noted by critics for its stellar production and imaginative songwriting.
Personnel
Phil Elverum - 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"
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