Phil Elvrum

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Phil Elverum
Photo by Pat Castaldo.
Background information
Birth name	Phil Elvrum
Born	May 26, 1978 (1978-05-26) (age 31)
Genres	Indie rock
Occupations	Musician
Associated acts	The Microphones Mount Eerie

Phil Elverum (born Phil Elvrum May 26, 1978) is the sole permanent member of the Anacortes, Washington-based indie rock bands The Microphones and Mount Eerie.

Phil Elverum is known and noted for his manipulation of analog recording devices and unique recording approach. His records have a distinct, natural sound. Most of the Microphones catalog was recorded on a broken 16 track reel to reel tape machine while his recent material has been recorded on an 8 track reel to reel.

Elverum currently operates P. W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd., from which he sells records by Mount Eerie and the Microphones as well as Thanksgiving, Woelv and The Spectacle.

Phil Elverum used to drum for the Olympia, Washington-based band Old Time Relijun. He is also a founding member of the band D+, and has produced and engineered recordings for many other artists, including Beat Happening, Mirah, Little Wings, Karl Blau, and Jason Anderson.

[edit] Other work

In addition to his albums, Elverum has released a few self-published books. He is also a painter, and has provided the artwork for most of his albums and many t-shirts and posters sold during his tours.

[edit] External links

• The Microphones / Mount Eerie official K Records website
• K Records
• KNW-YR-OWN Records
• P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd. (Elverum's own label)
• Department of Safety
• Village Voice interview, Aug. 10 2009
• Coming in Second Records
• Up Records
• Mt. Eerie Preservation Society: Comprehensive Fansite

v • d • e Phil Elverum The Microphones Adam Forkner • Amber Bell • Anna Oxygen • Bronwyn Holm • Calvin Johnson • Dennis Driscoll • Jenn Kliese • Karl Blau • Kyle Field • Mikhaela Maricich • Mirah Zeitlyn Studio albums Microphone (1996) • X-Ray Means Woman (1996) • Wires and Cords (1997) • Tests (1998) • Don't Wake Me Up (1999) • Window (2000) • It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (2000) • The Glow Pt. 2 (2001) • Mount Eerie (2003) Miscellaneous albums Blood (2001) • Little Bird Flies into a Big Black Cloud (2002) • Song Islands (2002) • Headwaters: An Attempted Explanation of Mount Eerie (2003) • Live in Japan (2004) Singles "Bass Drum Dream" (1998) • "Feedback (Life, Love, Loop)" (1999) • "Moon Moon" (1999) • "I Can't Believe You Actually Died" (2001) • "The Moon" (2001) • "Lanterns" (2002) • "Don't Smoke" / "Get Off the Internet" (2007) Mount Eerie Studio albums "No Flashlight": Songs of the Fulfilled Night (2005) • Lost Wisdom (2008) • Dawn (2008) • Wind's Poem (2009) Miscellaneous albums Live in Copenhagen (2004) • SINGERS • (2005) • Eleven Old Songs of Mount Eerie (2005) EPs Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie" (2004) • Two New Songs of Mount Eerie (2004) • Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7 (2007) • Black Wooden Ceiling Opening (2008) Singles "Twenty Bees" (2005) • "I Whale" (2006) • "Through the Trees" (2009) Other related acts D+ • Old Time Relijun • Julie Doiron Record labels P. W. Elverum & Sun • K Records • Knw-Yr-Own Records