Phil Elverum is forever endeared to me for his provocative/progressive lo-fi experimentations via The Microphones –and for adapting the theme song from Twin Peaks into a haunting, autumnal folk-ballad.
He’s got a new album coming out… ((P.W. Elverum and Sun))\
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~You come out the other end of a Mount Eerie album often feeling like you just woke up; the songs are like half-remembered dreams or beautifully unnerving nightmares, the lyrics crest up front with clarity for one line but then can be washed out by a thrumming guitar tone while percussion punches in just enough to keep you from whirling away like a dislodged pinwheel in a horrible-yet-heavenly hailstorm.
Pac-NW supernaturalist singer/songwriter Phil Elverum seems to have mastered his drone recipes, the feedback-fuzzed twilight dirges seem stirred together with a certain balance keen on keeping it listenable, but still far from the light.
…have a nice, sunny weekend, now.
This article appears in May 16-22, 2012.
