- Audio CD (Jan 11 2012)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: K. Records
- ASIN: B00007IQFS
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #65,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. The Sun |
| 2. Solar System |
| 3. Universe |
| 4. Mt. Eerie |
| 5. Universe |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Their Best Record,
By "famousexplorer" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mount Eerie (Audio CD)
The Microphones really did it with this album. Perhaps its not the most accessible, but if you take this cd and listen to it alone in a situation where it is your one and only focus, the cd paints a lucid picture of what the universe is, how man has evolved and where man will go. The track listing maps it out. I. Sun - Takes the whole existence of man through its primal developement and brings us to the present.. I shouldn't continue with my interpretation, but it's all there, or perhaps I'm crediting Phil more than I should. I do have qualms with certain aspects of the Microphones, such as Phil Evrum's matter-of-fact indie voice, but the recording production far outweighs any such details - The microphone is the main instrument in this band: you hear the drone of room recorded at high sensitivity several times, you here the near clipping of his voice singing so close and softly ino sensitive mics. Its good, purchase it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
don't read reviews,
By josh (providence, RI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mount Eerie (Audio CD)
albums are good. albums are bad. don't let these reviews affect you good or bad.
5.0 out of 5 stars
And the big black cloud will come....,
By Paul H. "rmj84" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mount Eerie (Audio CD)
Mt. Eerie is not a record to listen to in pieces. The record, more or less, is a song, a long piece that flows together quite beautifully in its own strange way. The opener, "The Sun" is a twenty-minute piece, with ten of those minutes devoted to tape hiss and pounding percussion and the other encompassing a fractured lament that builds into a terribly loud climax that ends in hiss. "Solar System" follows the storm, a nice acoustic reprieve from the hurricane of noise. "Universe" and "Mt. Eerie" are more or less one piece, with Phil Elvrum and Karl Blau taking turns with their grasp of lo-fi, minimalist mastery. And all comes to a conclusion with another track entitled "Universe" with Phil Elvrum's voice accompanied and later overtaken by the most ghostly of choirs, who sing a hypnotic vocal riff until all comes to a halt. A concept album about life and death, Mt. Eerie both begins quietly and ends suddenly, an apt metaphor for the living process. Sound a little pretentious? Perhaps, but there's always room for creativity and when it sounds this fully realized, there's nothing wrong with dabbling in indulgence. Highly recommended.
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