Mount Eerie represents the latest evolution of Phil Elverum's musical vision. Formerly known as The Microphones, Phil changed his project's name to Mount Eerie while maintaining his 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."
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
DmFC Some people say, "Arise, arise, arise! Live friend, live!" F I say "Die." CBb I say shade yourself. DmCF I say shine what precious light you have into caves CBbDmCF And when it dies out steady, I say find life where you foolishly saw graves
(repeat the chords from the first verse in the same way to the next verses.)
Some people say to try, and try, and try, "Fight and save yourself!" I say "Give." I say send them off I say shed whatever husk if you are ripe And if you're not, be fragrant then I say give no matter how it hurts, give in
Some people say "the sky, the sky, the sky, have you noticed it?" I close my eyes, I say nothing now There's a ringing in my ears that's faint and high And when I listen close to it, it says-