Mount Eerie (album)
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Mount Eerie is the fourth studio album by American indie folk and indie rock band the Microphones, released by K Records on January 21, 2003. The album is named after the mountain Mount Erie near Anacortes, Washington, which is the hometown of Phil Elverum, the band's frontman. The album received generally positive reviews from critics, including accolades such as Pitchfork's "Best New Music" title and inclusion on Treblezine's list of "essential" psychedelic folk albums.
Pictured: Mount Erie, which provides the album's name and the setting of its narrative.
The cover of the CD version of Mount Eerie.
Image: Antônio Carlos Jobim (cropped)
Image: Luiz Bonfa 1962
Microphones in 2020
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Microphones in 2020 is the fifth and final studio album by American indie folk and indie rock band the Microphones. It is the Microphones' first release in 17 years, following 2003's Mount Eerie. It was released on August 7, 2020, on frontman Phil Elverum's record label P.W. Elverum & Sun.
Ang Lee's 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was referenced in the album as a pivotal moment in Elverum's musical development which transitioned his music into "Something more transcendent".