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Dawn
by
Phil Elverum
The music of "Mount Eerie" and "The Microphones" has always been a very personal, almost voyeuristic, view inside the mind of Phil Elverum. "Dawn" delves deep into an intensely creative period of Elverum's life, with a beautiful mix of journal writing, jokes, photographs, and music. This 144-page hardcover collection chronicles a winter spent alone in a cabin in arctic Nor...more
Hardcover, 144 pages
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by Buenaventura Press
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"Last night I read a few random pages of 'Dharma Bums' and noticed exact similarities to me and my friends and things we say and think and our roles in our culture. The spirit of masculine youth and freedom and the breaking down of childhood’s walls. Proving we can own the world, and we even go so far as to attach religious significance to our adolescent romping, quoting romantic sized Chinese poets and, especially us minstrels, singing about our theories and exploits…indulging in letting people...more
The CD accompanying the book collects unadorned versions of Mount Eerie songs written while Phil Elverum lived in a remote Norwegian cabin in the winter of 2002-2003, just after the release of The Microphones' Mount Eerie. The beautifully designed book itself is the journal Elverum kept during this time, the all-too-rare look behind the inspiration of these songs. Sometimes these moments provide more than we should know, yet Elverum allows that voyeurism for those willing to join him there. Admi...more
2 stars for whiny writing, 3 stars for the map, pics, and cd! Thanks Elverum and Mount Eerie
band dude hits burn out, and has the great idea to go to northern norway in the winter and live in a vacation cabin. This is his worked up journal of the experience. maybe, if u r like me, sometimes you just can't take it anymore and going off to a cabin in the woods by a fjord in a Norwegian winter would be JUST THE TICKET. but then the whole chopping ice for water, cutting firewood everyday and the 20 m...more
band dude hits burn out, and has the great idea to go to northern norway in the winter and live in a vacation cabin. This is his worked up journal of the experience. maybe, if u r like me, sometimes you just can't take it anymore and going off to a cabin in the woods by a fjord in a Norwegian winter would be JUST THE TICKET. but then the whole chopping ice for water, cutting firewood everyday and the 20 m...more
They might be mere journal entries, but they are unexpectedly cohesive in spite of that. I also connected with them in a specific way I never have with anything else. Phil articulates several things I've never heard anywhere else except maybe in my own head; not to mention his depiction of his stay in the cabin in Norway is really vivid and even comforting, specifically the moments he described feeling at peace.
Aside from providing unique insight into the motivations, processes, and preoccupations of an artist that I've drawn inspiration from for more than a decade, Elverum's candidness as well as the lengths to which he goes--geographically, environmentally, socially, emotionally, etc.--to isolate himself in an effort to better comprehend his life makes *Dawn* a really insightful journey for the reader. And, in true Phil-form, the use of mixed media only further diversifies and deepens the experience.
I have to admit I'm more than a bit biased, since Phil Elverum is probably my favorite musician, and he sometimes draws comics, which I also like, so it shouldn't be surprising that I really really liked this book. Still, the packaging alone, even without the CD of new recordings, is worth the purchase price. The text itself is diary form with a few drawings, about Elverum's time living alone in a cabin in Norway, and gives a peek into the mind that makes the music of Mount Eerie (formerly the M...more
I don't know what to say about Dawn that hasn't already been said. Phil Elverum is an artistic genius across many a medium, and this only proves to me that his capabilities have no approximate end. You feel him enter the isolation as the winter settles, and as the spring comes--washing out the winter--you see this glowing sun enter view. This is the most personal book (if you can call it a book) that I have ever read, and probably will ever read. I greatly appreciate Phil for allowing a snapshot...more
Close to a must-read for fans of Mount Eerie. The accompanying pictures and CD are wonderful as well.
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Phil Elverum is Mount Eerie. The 34 year-old multi-instrumentalist has played in other bands, and worked as a producer, but remains best known for this solo project, which began under the name the Microphones in 1997. In 2003, he renamed the project Mount Eerie (and added an "e" to his last name, Elvrum) after returning from a trip to Norway, where he lived alone in a remote cabin for a winter. "M...more
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