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Jun 15, 2012 Mount Eerie By Mike Hilleary

Last month Mount Eerie, aka singer/songwriter Phil Elverum, released Clear Moon, the first of two full-length albums scheduled for release this year. On Sept. 4, the Washington state native will release its companion piece, Ocean Roar. Described in a statement as being “a counterpoint to the soft synth walls and landscape pondering” of its predecessor, featuring “endless chords, repeating note flurries, stretched drones,” the more experimental work is teased with an excerpt from the included track “Pale Lights” which you can stream below. From sound of things, it feels as Elverum were riding out a severe storm in the de-sanctified church where it was recorded.

Ocean Roar:

Pale Lights
Ocean Roar
Ancient Times
instrumental
Waves
Engel Der Luft (Popol Vuh)
I Walked Home Beholding
instrumental

Mount Eerie Tour Dates:

06/17 Olympia, WA Northern 414 1/2 Legion Way
06/18 Portland, OR 4321 SE Hawthorne (2 shows, early & late)
06/19 Portland, OR Valentine’s
06/20 Seattle, WA 20/20 Cycle (2 shows, early & late)
06/21 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
06/22 Nanaimo, BC TBA
06/23 Victoria, BC The Fifty Fifty
06/24 Bellingham, WA Make.Shift Art Space
07/13 - 07/15 Anacortes, WA 1st Anacortes Unknown Music Series
08/24 - 08/26 Rochester, WA Helsing Junction Sleepover

(www.pwelverumandsun.com/)