Microphones in 2020
one long song recorded nowhere between May 2019 and May 2020 released Aug. 7th, 2020 as a 2xLP by P.W. Elverum & Sun box 1561 Anacortes, Wash. U.S.A. 98221
Phil Elverum resurrects his beloved Microphones alias for a 45-minute song about art-making, self-mythologizing, and the endless search for meaning.
The name The Microphones in 2020 promises just a moment in time, but the music delivers much more than that: It's an all-encompassing experience that honors Elverum's past and present selves.
As a society, we are stuck. At a time when the present moment seems so overwhelming and confusing, sometimes the only places we can turn to...
Phil Elverum is both a pariah and a hero. This position is pretty typical in the pariah/hero-rich world indie rock