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Mount Eerie Represents The Latest Evolution Of Phil Elverum's Musical Vision. Formerly Known As The Microphones Elverum Began Mount Eerie In 2003 Maintaining His Previous Project's Subtle Lo-Fi And Lyrically Dense Fuzz-Folk Aesthetic. Elverum Explained This Change In An 2003 Interview With Discorder Asserting That "Mount Eerie Is A New Project. The Microphones Was Completed Or At Least At A Good Stopping Point. I Did It Because I Am Ready For New Things. I Am New." As Mount Eerie Phil Typically Works With Synthesizers Guitars Drums And The Accenting Voices Of Mirah The Blow And Fellow K-Records/Anacortes Washington Friends. Mount Eerie's Album "Seven New Songs Of Mount Eerie" Was Also The First Recording Released On Phil's New Label P.W.Elverum & Sun. All Songs From That Recording Are Available For Free Download In The Internet Archive.
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“Real Death” The First Song Off Mount Eerie’s "A Crow Looked At Me" Deals With The Death Of His Wife The Illustrator And Musician Geneviève Castrée And His Life After. Phil Has Talked In An Interview About Some Motifs Of This Song "For Me Looking At The Songs That I Used To Make Before This I Was More Deeply A Symbol-User. The Older Songs Are A Lot About Looking At The World Around Me And Finding Meaning In These Things That Are Just Things. Light Is Hitting The Mountain In A Beautiful Way. Is That Just The Light Of The Sun In Space Hitting This Rock And Snow On Earth? Just Stuff? The Physical World Itself — It Doesn’t Care. It Just Is. And So When Someone Close To You Dies The Line Is Shifted Really Drastically About What Is Meaningful And What Isn’t. This Record Is Just Me Trying To Be — Well I Wasn’t Even Trying. It’s Just Where My Head Is Now … Gosh I Don’t Know How To Formulate This Sentence. I Guess I Haven’t Thought About It Enough To Know Where I Stand. I Want Things To Be Meaningful. The Fly That Is Buzzing Around On The Album In The Room Where She Died — I Want That To Be A Symbol But I Know It’s Not. Like You’re Saying You’re Embarrassed About It. It’s This Complicated Back-And-Forth About Knowing That You Are Thirsty For Meaning … . It’s Not Poetic. And So That’s What I Meant By “All Poetry Is Dumb.” Profound Thoughts And Profound Experiences Get Revealed To Be Tricks That We Play On Ourselves And Poetry Gets Revealed To Be Just Like Some Dumb Words That Somebody Put In An Interesting Order. All The Books On My Shelves When I Would Go To Them To Look For Help With My Anguish They All Just Seemed So Crass. They Didn’t Get It. Those Books Don’t Understand. Nobody Understands. Laughs. The Universe Nobody Understands My Agony Or My Questioning And It’s This Shift In What In The World Around Us Could Possibly Be Meaningful Or Helpful. It’s Like A Closing-Down Of Openness. I Became Less Receptive To Help And Inspiration."
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Biography - Mount Eerie
Mount Eerie Represents The Latest Evolution Of Phil Elverum's Musical Vision. Formerly Known As The Microphones Elverum Began Mount Eerie In 2003 Maintaining His Previous Project's Subtle Lo-Fi And Lyrically Dense Fuzz-Folk Aesthetic. Elverum Explained This Change In An 2003 Interview With Discorder Asserting That "Mount Eerie Is A New Project. The Microphones Was Completed Or At Least At A Good Stopping Point. I Did It Because I Am Ready For New Things. I Am New." As Mount Eerie Phil Typically Works With Synthesizers Guitars Drums And The Accenting Voices Of Mirah The Blow And Fellow K-Records/Anacortes Washington Friends. Mount Eerie's Album "Seven New Songs Of Mount Eerie" Was Also The First Recording Released On Phil's New Label P.W.Elverum & Sun. All Songs From That Recording Are Available For Free Download In The Internet Archive.
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“Real Death”, the first song off Mount Eerie’s "A Crow Looked at Me", deals with the death of his wife, the illustrator and musician Geneviève Castrée, and his life after.
Phil has talked in an interview about some motifs of this song:
"For me, looking at the songs that I used to make, before this, I was more deeply a symbol-user. The older songs are a lot about looking at the world around me and finding meaning in these things that are just things. Light is hitting the mountain in a beautiful way. Is that just the light of the sun in space hitting this rock and snow on earth? Just stuff? The physical world itself — it doesn’t care. It just is. And so when someone close to you dies, the line is shifted really drastically about what is meaningful and what isn’t.
This record is just me trying to be — well, I wasn’t even trying. It’s just where my head is now … Gosh, I don’t know how to formulate this sentence. I guess I haven’t thought about it enough to know where I stand. I want things to be meaningful. The fly that is buzzing around, on the album, in the room where she died — I want that to be a symbol, but I know it’s not. Like you’re saying, you’re embarrassed about it. It’s this complicated back-and-forth about knowing that you are thirsty for meaning (…). It’s not poetic. And so that’s what I meant [by] “All poetry is dumb.” Profound thoughts and profound experiences get revealed to be tricks that we play on ourselves, and poetry gets revealed to be just, like, some dumb words that somebody put in an interesting order. All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just seemed so crass. They didn’t get it. Those books don’t understand. Nobody understands. [Laughs.] The universe, nobody understands my agony, or my questioning, and it’s this shift in what in the world around us could possibly be meaningful or helpful. It’s like a closing-down of openness. I became less receptive to help and inspiration." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.