Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem

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4...according to our Clinton on Fri 04 Sep, 2009.

I've been given the Mount Eerie CD - its called 'Winds Poem'. Mount Eerie is the alter ego of Phil Elverum aka The Microphones. His output over the years has certainly been hit and miss, the highlight was for these ears The Microphones album 'Mt Eerie'. So the band is now what used to be the album title. Confused yet? The album seems to be split between very noisy distorted pieces with vocals buried deep in the mix. A little too deep i think as its very difficult to tell that there's something going on beyond the shards of noise. The second type of song contains beautiful drifty compositions with organ drones, quietly murmured vocals and brushed drums. The sound is reminiscent of several underground luminaries particularly Low, the lesser spotted drifty side of Yo La Tengo and Bonnie Prince Billy. At its best it has the blissed out ambience of La Bradford with twangy guitars sitting atop beautiful organ drones. Also Songs Ohia's wonderful 'Ghost Tropic' album is brought to mind. Some of the songs don't quite hit the mark and it does take a bit of getting into. Its certainly hard on a couple of listens to fully take in whats going on with a record such as this and whats lying beneath the surface but first impressions do bode well that it could be one of those records that will help see you through a deep dark winter.

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* Brand new album from Mount Eerie. This Tomlab version contains 3 EXCLUSIVE tracks.
* For Wind’s Poem Phil Elverum (The Microphones) spent almost two years out behind the house, at the edge of the woods, listening into the night and finding these words. Songs of impermanence, dark change, destruction,
temporary blossoming, mortality, and an immense river of air tearing through the world make up the 3rd offcial album by Mount Eerie.
* A hundred kinds of distortion, oceans of synth, and clouds of bass are the elements these twelve songs are built from, with moments of clarity occasionally revealing soft harmonies (featuring Nick Krgovich from Vancouver’s NO KIDS) reverently attempting to describe a dark mystery. The album holds a large debt to the music and world of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, as well as to some of the more innovative artists on the edges of ambient, colossal Black Metal.
* Like these influences, Wind’s Poem also drifts back and forth between a "dream world", where the wind screams about feeting existence, and reality, standing on the street, wide awake, looking at the hills outside town,
remembering.
* The album is well built, resting on the stone-solid production of Mount Eerie’s only actual member, Phil Elverum, recorded at various locations around his hometown of Anacortes, Washington.
* The European edition of Wind’s Poem through Tomlab comes on double vinyl and CD with 3 exclusive tracks that are not included in the US version.
* Tracklist: 1. Wind’s Dark Poem 2. Through The Trees 3. My Heart Is Not At Peace 4. The Hidden Stone 5. Wind Speaks 6. Summons 7. the Mouth of Sky 8. Between Two Mysteries 9. Ancient Questions 10. (something) 11. Lost Wisdom pt. 2
12. Stone’s Ode
* 3 Exclusive Tracks for the Tomlab Version: Wind Lyrics, Summons (Acoustic Version), Lost Wisdom

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