The Microphones: The Glow Part 2

Phil Elvrum (or Elverum, I forget which he prefers) is the man behind the band The Microphones/Mount Eerie. On top of being an all around cool dude, he is also an amazing musician/producer. He basically stopped making "albums" after his live album and now makes what i consider themed recorded musical experiments which he releases himself under his own label. It's a pity that you can't go into a record store and buy any of his new stuff. But I think he is content with controlling the whole process himself. Everything I've bought from his website has your address hand written with a hand written thank you from Phil himself. If that weren't enough he has some of the most incredible artwork both in quality and size with each of his albums... oh and every cd you order also comes with a record as well. Granted the downside is that he releases stuff that is just not as focused or is just like "oh here, we recorded some stuff when we were doing something wierd, check it". Some of it is hit or miss. But honestly as much as I like almost everything this guy has done, I'm kind of wishing he would hunker down, get a real label (or just get organized... look at his website... seriously) and make another "album". But i doubt he will cause I'm sure he enjoys his freedom way too much. This album was my favorite thing for a while...and guess what!? K records (Phil's label for this album) wanted to reissue this CD this year with something special, so Phil offered up an extra 20 tracks on a bonus disc that were recorded around the same time as this. WOOOOHOOO. Honestly though, the album itself doesn't need help, it's pretty much amazing on it's own. Chigity check it.




The Glow Pt. 2 Bonus Disc