Mount Eerie

As Mount Eerie, Washington state songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Phil Elverum expands on the searching, deeply personal feel of his work with the Microphones. His confessional lyrics and free-flowing storytelling are the main constants of his music, an impressionistic blend of ambient, folk, and black metal that heightens the feeling of wonder in his work. On early albums such as 2005's No Flashlight, the difference between Elverum's work as Mount Eerie and the Microphones was subtle, but later releases showed how much his range had grown. The metal-influenced majest...