Experiencing Mount Eerie by The Microphones For The First Time

[@elliesgardenband]

I didn't get it at first, but now this is firmly in my top 5 of all time, even above The Glow pt 2. The more you return to it everything starts to make sense and you realise just how perfect every single detail is. Phenomenal record

[@laeIkdl]

The voice during IV. Mount Eerie is Little Wings, an artist and friend of Phil's. I'd recommend his stuff, especially his album Light Green Leaves. He shares a lot of sounds and ideas with Phil, but with a much more happy tone. Phil actually borrowed the melody from Little Wing's song Fall Flood in Solar System, albeit in a different key.

[@Max-cz3iy]

He just did an album with Tapir! Which was one of my fav albums of 2024 highly reccomend

[@fishman1301]

Ok, i have no idea how you do it but you constantly do videos on my favorite albums of all time! However Mount Eerie might be THE one. Thanks a lot, happy that you enjoyed it

[@syrusaslam833]

i love this album it really grows on you with more listens too. if you didn't notice its a concept album about this guy who basically gets stranded on an island away from his family. the sun represents the persons life from birth all the way to when they get stranded. solar system is basically the character hoping to find his family knowing that they are out there. at iii. universe he kinda starts to lose hope. he feels aimless and close to death. in mount eerie he dies and is eaten by vultures and in the final song v. universe he becomes one with nature which i think is a beautiful way to close the album.

[@syrusaslam833]

i also love the final lines of the album "oh, universe, i see your face looks just like mine. we are open wide" always gets me for some reason

[@ALLHAILSUNSETYOUTH2]

I also think that it's a sequel to The Glow pt 2 but don't quote me on that

[@gigachadtjk1956]

I don’t think it’s that simple. The horns at the beginning tie it to the end of Glow Part 2, where Phil gets mauled by the bear and bleeds out. The drums represent a heartbeat, like he is reincarnated on the island at the foot of mount eerie. “There’s no end” is kind of like a reference to this.

[@raulmiramontes2840]

Loved the Mount Eeire switch part, your reaction was just as similar as mine was, that part is totally terrifying… in a good way.

[@garanhollow4493]

Mount Eerie is a masterpiece

[@97jfblazer]

You should do a crow looked at me next! Definitely a really somber album.

[@powel5451]

Yessss

[@DAVECHER]

already heard it!

[@jaydenn1160]

My personal favorite project from Mount Eerie is Clear Moon. It takes a much more calm approach and creates these beautiful atmospheres within songs. I think it's a really great experience of a record, and I love the themes of nature. Really glad to see you enjoying Phil's stuff though :)

[@guk3506]

I would recommend that you listen to the mount eerie record Lost Wisdom if you like the more intimate and simple songs from the glow pt 2. If you enjoyed the black metal influenced songs and ambient parts but still want something easy to listen to then I would highly recommend Winds Poem. Highly underrated album by Phil

[@falsesummit868]

this is my favorite album of all time. id give it a few more listens after looking into the context and story of the album.

[@toiletjoseph4167]

First Utterance by Comus is an album im yet to see a reaction i think it would make for a good review

[@Waltar100]

Nah phil actually had help from a lot of people to make this album

[@gigachadtjk1956]

I know this video is old but the dude at the end of part 4 is Karl Blau

[@mtr801]

Phil's best album imo

[@jaylaalle5827]

the most unsettling introduction to the microphones (for me) i’ve ever seen, lol 😭

[@derk486]

V. Universe is the best microphones song

[@marcopollini7574]

YES one of my few 10s

[@marcopollini7574]

You should also read the meaning behind the album!

[@positive.juice.apartment]

18:33 phil elverum ft. autechre

[@MrTrystan2704]

yo you need to hear afreaka by demon fuzz

[@NoahCaple]

you GOTTA do The Glow Pt.2... much much better than this project imo. It's an indie folk staple

[@powel5451]

he literally said he heard it no?

[@DAVECHER]

yeah I've already listened to it

[@NoahCaple]

@@DAVECHER mb i didnt hear that part

[@Daniel-yt6sc]

Too emo

[@sirswanky8686]

Ok

[@claire.felty1]

okay Daniel

[@jacvic0790]

Ok bro