Roar, finished in 1981, was the pet project of noel marshall. Mount eerie ocean roar on september 4, phil elverum a. Last year saw the staggered issue of the clear moonocean roar duo of lps, and this fall yields the next mount eerie release, prehuman. In the future, humans will treat robots as subhuman objects despite robots looking and acting incredibly humanlike with personalities and independent thoughts of their own. Phil elvrum described ocean roar as a counterpoint to the soft synth walls and landscape pondering of clear moon, presenting the opposite of that albums clear glints of awareness. The jaw dropping, highoctane action of ocean roar has kicked off the winter irb racing season, with just two rounds remaining before the queensland irb championships to be held from 23 july 2016 at mermaid beach aeme slsc on the gold coast. Sure, his previous records as mount eerie were special in their own way, near everything he does is, but the terrestrial crash of songs like samurai sword had always been a creative high point.
The signs are all there on origin of symmetry but the lack of focus, and talent to take the material and huge arrangements to the next level plague the album continuously. Despite all of this unpredictability, mount eerie has become a beloved staple, churning out some of the most interesting and challenging music out there. Prehuman ideas is a compilation album released by phil elverum under the name mount eerie, on november 12 20. Phil elverums mount eerie will soon release prehuman ideas, a collection of rerecorded tracks taken from both his clear moon and ocean roar albums issued last year.
I did an interview with you back in 2009, right after the release of winds poem. A crow looked at me is the eighth studio album by mount eerie, the solo project of american musician phil elverum. Ocean roar is the second of a pair of albums phil elverum recorded on extended break from tour. This is a lonely, harrowing, often scary album that belies the emotional state of its creator. Apr 17, 2015 roar may often feel like a bizarre swiss family robinson adventure, but the real reason you should go see it is its surplus of lions, and tigers, and cheetahs oh my. Nov 22, 2010 mount eerie download tour poster 45mb a download only. Apr 16, 2015 touted as the most dangerous movie ever made, roar was the illfated brainchild of alfred hitchcock muse hedren and her thenhusband, exorcist producer noel marshall. And when i talked to my friends and found out that youre having fun that youre swallowing life that youre in the sun. Dec 24, 2012 ethan kath and alice glass continue their quest to make dark twisted and challenging dance music. His muse is a small town outside of seattle called anacortes, washington. Mount eerie releases devastating ravens video, announces. Same goes for descriptors storms and winds, waves and washes, blasts and torrents that crop up in both. Mount eerie, previously known as the microphones, is the recording project of washington state based musician phil elvrum. Now they are rereleased in new double gatefold jacket with abundant multicolored foil stamping and clear and black vinyl and a new big poster.
We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Ocean roar is the second of two albums released by mount eerie in 2012. Living in the small city of anacortes, wa, his work. Seven songs recorded for the july 2004 tour of australia by mount eerie. One of my favourite singersongwriters in the past decade or so has got to be phil elverum. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. Reviews and comments about roar read what viewers have to say. Mount eerie with julie doiron christ church cathedral, vancouver bc, november 30. Phil elverums 12th fulllength release as mount eerie, a crow looked at me, is soulcrushing. The two records vary slightly in their mood and styles, though are clear companion pieces.
The song is the second single from phil elverums forthcoming album a crow looked at me, an. Concerts in the live music archive are available for download and streaming in formats including flac, mp3. With mount eerie, elverum has managed to take death metal, strip it of its laughable absurdity. If you were going to watch 1 movie, this is the one that tells all you need to know about the legend of the anunnaki. Mount eerie was phil alone playing an electric 12string guitar. Aug 29, 2012 get all the lyrics to songs on ocean roar and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Made over the course of 10 years and with a reported 70 crew injuries most notably a tiger mauling that resulted in what was perhaps melanie griffiths first and certainly not last plastic surgery roar emerges in hindsight as one of historys most expensive home movies, a hollywood albatross never. Advance through life from college, to marriage, and beyond collecting tokens at a frenzied pace when you succeed at meeting the increasing demands of friends, family, and others who enter your life throughout the 50 challenging levels. Only clear moon seems to approach those visionary tracks. What mount eerie s rocky ocean roar doesnt lay direct claim to, its predecessor and ostensible twin clear moon mostly covered in may, couched in the latters gentle starkness.
Eerie at what the heck fest 2007 set to movies of the world. Mount eerie is the musical alter ego of phil elverum, a washingtonbased dude with weird vibe and a flair for muddy repetition and galant loudness. J27abt an atmospheric, abstract clip for the title track of phil. While both albums feature some of mount eeries most atmospheric work.
In it, you said, i hope to make an even huger, denser sounding record next. Clear moon seems to be another chapter in his quest to derive inspiration and perhaps enlightenment from his surroundings. Song islands by microphones, released 20 august 2002 1. As previously reported, phil elverum, aka mount eerie, will issue his second album of 2012, ocean roar, on september 4th via p. Mount eerie a crow looked at me 2017 the tenth man. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, rightclick on the song title to download an mp3. Mount eerie sauna 26 soko my dreams dictate my reality. It is located on the northwestern pacific railroad 2.
Clear moon, released back in may, followed by septembers ocean roar. Ocean roar pretty much is a paean to existentialism. Im not just asking for bands like death grips, but bands that we as an audience can understand and like anyway. The album consists of computerised versions of songs from his 2012 releases clear moon and ocean roar, plus 2 organs excerpts from the songs pale lights and the place lives from clear moon and ocean roar respectively. Ocean roar is an unincorporated community in marin county, california. It just brings me to wonder how much risk was involved while making the film. Mount eerie is but one of the many projects and guises of phil elverum.
Ocean roars opener pale lights kicks straight into a rolling, roaring, eeriemetal take on krautrock. Mount eerie with julie doiron perform songs off of lost wisdom and lost wisdom 2 1 intro 2 belief 3 when i walk out of the museum 4 enduring the waves 5 love without possession 6 real lost wisdom 7 widows 8 pink light 9 belief pt. Shootings in movie theaters, watching a sunset with a loved. Mount eerie i walked home beholding phil elverum is a busy dude.
Mount eerie and o paon opened for earth on their 2012 european tour, playing sets of around 30 minutes each. Clear moon and ocean roar were released as 2 separate but related records in 2012. It is the second of two albums released by mount eerie in 2012. Sep 06, 2012 ocean roar is the second of a pair of albums phil elverum recorded on extended break from tour.
The conclusion that most people will immediately come to in regards to ocean roar is that it has much in common with 2009s winds poem. In some ways, it is an unacknowledged part three of that series. A new mount eerie doublealbum entitled sauna was released on february 2, 2015. Playing to a sea of empty red seats at the folger shakespeare library in. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. His latest work called ocean roar is the second half of a doublealbum released this year the other is clear moon. Probably not super enjoyable to people who arent established mount eerie fans, but to those acclimated to his style of lyrical narration i think this is just as worthy an entry to his catalogue as anything else. Jun 21, 2017 a new trailer from animal planet is no ordinary cats tale. Mount eeries latest music video for ravens speaks for itself, and it has a lot to say. Check out ocean roar by mount eerie on amazon music. On ocean roar, elverums second official lp of 2012 as mount eerie and followup. Mount eerie ocean roar official music video youtube. Mount eerie will release his second record of the year, ocean roar, following mays. An atmospheric, abstract clip for the title track of phil.
Mount eerie clear moon ocean roar 2018, clear black, vinyl. Oct 30, 2012 muse has grown as a band over fifteen years and six albums, a transformation starting with 2003s absolution. Mount eerie ocean roar official music video pitchfork. The terrifying psuedochant of over dark water exemplifies this new vision. A young melanie griffith and her mother, actress tippi hedren, figure prominently into the story about the making of roar, which some. Like 2012s clear moon and ocean roar, mount eeries new album sauna is a careful cataloging of a single mind state. Ocean roar by mount eerie, released 29 august 2012 1. After getting downvoted for trying to cope, i guess its safe to say that its done and gone. Mount eerie s ocean roar, the companion lp to last mays clear moon, continues to explore the isolated and introspective mind of phil elverum, and the video for its title track is the exact. The release was in an edition of 196 cdrs and sold out on tour.
Phil elverum, who records as mount eerie and formerly as microphones has the distinction of releasing not one but two acclaimed records, clear moon and ocean roar, in 2012. Mount eerie, the multifaceted recording project of washingtons phil elverum, is known for moments of stunning selfawareness, combinations of sounds and words that connect with elemental. Follow your path to success by playing this contemporary spin on the classic family favorite. Clear moon and ocean roar, and was chosen to perform at jeff mangums all tomorrows parties festival in minehead, england. Get all the lyrics to songs on ocean roar and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for p. Ocean roar is the sixth studio album by mount eerie, released on august 29, 2012. Clear moon ocean roar condensed versions by mount eerie. Hes already put an album this year, clear moon, and now hes released a second single the first bearing the new albums title from another album due out next month, ocean roar. Recorded in a churchcumsail loft in washington state, both albums have a sense of vastness that makes them feel blissfully eternal.
February 12, 2020 phil elverum shares his open wounds of death, love and the loss of love in close harmonies, accompanied only by. Its opening track, pale lights, has the essence of an old horror movie. Mount eerie ocean roar lyrics and tracklist genius. The ancestor human race that walked the earth before us, and gave birth to the humans of earth, in their image and likeness. Sep 05, 2012 mount eerie ocean roar official music video pitchfork. An edition of seventeen massive photographs, blown up to 62 x 43 and printed on archival quality inkjet. The fact that mount eerie is being overlooked in these retrospective roundups seems particularly cruel given that he released two of the. Ocean roar, the newest release, encompasses everything that mount eerie is and has been, whilst throwing in a few surprises as well.
I confess that, as a feline aficionado, i got what i wanted from roar. The setlist on this tour was made up mostly of songs from the asyetunreleased 2012 albums clear moon and ocean roar. For iii, the canadian duo sought inspiration in warsaw to make an album of oppression and alienation, throwing away the computerised sound of previous albums i and ii, and trying for something more organic and more focused. The wallsounding one is ocean roar, although its not the wall i was imagining in 2009. Microphones mount eerie microphones glow pt 2 reis dig microphones live in japan february 19th mount eerie live in copenhagen 12 inch analog tenniscoats all aboard. Its an album that revels in interpretation and grows larger and nearly overpowering in its ability to draw the listener into its dense layers of distortion, cascading dissonance, and fleeting moments of stunning clarity. They were recorded nowhere in anacortes, washington in the months of may and june 2004. Clear moon ocean roar condensed versions, a single by mount eerie. Phil elvrum is best known for his seminal 2001 lofi record, the glow pt. Reviews of ocean roar by mount eerie, phil elverum collaborates with a number of other musicians in his mount eerie guise, creating lofi, folk tinged psychedelia.
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