Phil Elverum Is Busy In 2008

 
After a three year break with very little new material released, Phil Elverum of The Microphones and Mount Eerie is coming back big with a lot of expected releases for 2008 (and 2009). His last full length album, “No Flashlight: Songs of the Fulfilled Night”, came out in 2005 under Mount Eerie, and has remained his newest full length since. That is about to change. According to his label’s website, P.W. Elverum & Sun, here’s what we can expect in the next year:
 

• Dawn – This will be a book of very intense journal writing from time spent in a cabin in northern Norway. It comes with a CD of all the songs written there, played once and for all on just guitar and singing. Something like 17 songs. 144 pages. Some drawings. Some pictures. This will be published later in 2008 by Buenaventura Press. In the fall, this will be released on vinyl without the book.
• Fog Movies Live – DVD bootleg of Mt. Eerie at What The Heck Fest 2007 set to boring fog movies.
• Black Wooden EP – A release as part of Southern Records’ Latitudes series. Different from the already released “Black Wooden Ceiling Opening.”
• Mt. Eerie split single with NO KIDS – Just released recently and is available for purchase here. Pick one up today, it’s limited to 500 copies!
• Lost Wisdom – LP or CD with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire due out in September of 2008.
• Wind’s Poem – Colossal sounding new album due in spring of 2009.
• Song Island’s Vol. 2 – Mt. Eerie Singles compilation due much later.

 
 
Elverum is also currently on tour. Here is the tour schedule as of May 16th:

 
May 16- Hamburg, Germany- HAFENKLANG, (with NO KIDS)
May 17- Brussels, Belgium- Recyclart, (with NO KIDS)
May 18- Utrecht, Netherlands- Theater Kikker, (with NO KIDS)
May 19- Paris, France- FLÈCHE D’OR, (with NO KIDS)
May 20- Tourcoing, France- Le Grand Mix, (with NO KIDS)
May 21- Manchester, England- Kro Bar, (with NO KIDS)
May 22- Bristol, England- START THE BUS, (with NO KIDS)
May 23- London, England- Cafe Oto, (with NO KIDS)
May 24- Dublin, Ireland- WHELANS, (with NO KIDS)
May 25- Nottingham, England- DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL, (with NO KIDS)
May 29th- Barcelona, Spain- Primavera Festival, (with Eric’s Trip!)
May 30th- Warsaw, Poland- Polish Radio 3
May 31st- Gdansk, Poland- Cafe Delfin (with Ô Paon/Geneviève Castrée/Woelv)
June 1st- Poznan, Poland- Kisielice (with Ô Paon/Geneviève Castrée/Woelv)
June 2nd- Kraków, Poland- Kawiarnia Naukowa
June 3rd- Katowice, Poland- galeria Rondo Sztuki
June 5th- Warsaw, Poland- Saturator (with Ô Paon/Geneviève Castrée/Woelv and Kings of Caramel)
June 7th- Lille, France- La Malterie (with Ô Paon/Geneviève Castrée)
June 8th- Rouen, France- Emporium Galorium, 151, rue Beauvoisine (with Ô Paon/Geneviève Castrée)
June 9th- Paris, France- Mains d’Oeuvres (with Ô Paon/Geneviève Castrée)
Thursday, June 12th- Montréal, Québec, Canada- Casa del Popolo (part of Suoni Per Il Popolo)
Sunday, June 22nd- Anacortes, Wash.- Dept. of Safety (with Typhoon and Kickball)
July 18th, 19th & 20th, 2008- Anacortes, Wash.- What The Heck? (PASSES NOW ON SALE.)

 
Links:

P.W. Elverum & Sun Record Label
Caff/Flick Record Label
Southern Records Lattitude Series
Buena Ventura Press
Marriage Records

Listen: Do Not Be Afraid (mp3)

~ by Brett on May 15, 2008.