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The Singing From Mount Eerie
Folk · 2003

The Singing From Mount Eerie

the Microphones

Skeletal vocal stems and choral fragments from the Mount Eerie sessions. A haunting, bare-bones exploration of birth, death, and the Pacific Northwest fog.

January 21, 2003 · P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.

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This EP offers a translucent view into the skeletal structure of Phil Elverum’s most ambitious conceptual work. By stripping away the thunderous, cinematic percussion of the main album, these tracks leave the listener alone with a series of spectral voices. It feels less like a collection of songs and more like a series of incantations recorded in a hollowed-out cedar tree. The heavy presence of tape hiss and room tone creates a tactile sense of place, grounding the abstract meditations on the universe in a very physical, very cold reality.

Moments Worth Listening For
The sudden clarity of the multi-tracked harmonies on the opening section, where the voices stack like layers of sediment.
The eerie silence between vocal phrases that allows the physical hum of the recording tape to become a lead instrument.
The moment the choral drones dissolve into a single, fragile whisper that feels uncomfortably close to the listener's ear.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Singing From Mount Eerie sound next to the rest of the Microphones's catalogue?

Choir/Choral+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds choir/choral far more than the catalogue usually does.

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