Mount Eerie
The project of Phil Elverum of Anacortes, Washington, whose A Crow Looked at Me (2017) opens with "Real Death".
Anacortes
Mount Eerie is the project of the songwriter and producer Phil Elverum, who took the name from Mount Erie near Anacortes after moving on from The Microphones. His records come out mostly on his own label, P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd., which its site describes as a fake record label offering music and souvenirs since 2004, until 2078, with earlier releases on K Records. Collaborators drift in and out of the records and live shows.
No Flashlight: Songs of the Fulfilled Night (2005) is counted as the first official Mount Eerie studio album, followed by pts. 6 & 7 (2007), Lost Wisdom (2008, with Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire), Wind's Poem (2009, black-metal influenced, with Nicholas Krgovich), Clear Moon and Ocean Roar (both 2012) and Sauna (2015). A Crow Looked at Me arrived on March 24, 2017, written after the death of the artist and musician Genevieve Castree on July 9, 2016, and was followed by Now Only (2018), Lost Wisdom pt. 2 with Doiron (2019) and Night Palace (2024).
His first concert since September 2014 was on January 7, 2017 at The Business, a record shop in Anacortes, where he played the new album in full for fewer than 50 people.
Albums
- A Crow Looked at Me 2017 · P.W. Elverum & Sun
Eleven songs recorded at home on a laptop, mostly with Genevieve Castree's instruments.
Songs
- Real Death A Crow Looked at Me · 2017
The opening track of A Crow Looked at Me, premiered January 25, 2017.
Sources
- Mount Eerie, Wikipedia
- A Crow Looked at Me, Wikipedia
- P.W. Elverum & Sun, P.W. Elverum & Sun
- Mount Eerie, Real Death, Stereogum (2017-01-25)