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January 25, 2015
Rough storyboard ideas for the opening of the “THIS"...
Rough storyboard ideas for the opening of the “THIS" video, by Mount Eerie, directed by Peter J. Brant.
January 24, 2015
"SAUNA" by Mount Eerie (official video)from the album...
"SAUNA" by Mount Eerie (official video)
from the album Sauna
"ELV036", Feb. 3rd, 2015 from
P.W. Elverum & Sun
box 1561
Anacortes, Wash.
U.S.A. 98221
www.pwelverumandsun.com
…………………………………..
SYNOPSIS:
First Part (0:00 - 2:10)- Exposition. The location and purpose of the sauna is described and shown, in this case the massive industrial saunas located near Anacortes, out past beyond the fields, inside the birches. Their industrial-scale steam stacks and sweat rooms are shown from a distance, as well as their enormous ice-plunge pools and bare lightbulb chill out zones.
Second Part (2:10 - 3:25)- Transition. Other Selves appear as superimposed singers. After a period of time in the sauna your mind starts to transform and become one with all million possible realities. Your mind (played by Allyson Foster) is freestyle squaredancing alone in an abandoned garage, free from preconceptions, stretching the meaning of cultural signifiers such as “sauna” or “cowboy”.
Third Part (3:25 - 5:22)- Climax. Who are you? Other Selves (Allyson Foster and Ashley Eriksson) are fully vivid, singing in pure tones, shredding on fiddle, enjoying gum, masterfully lassoing, bopping to an unheard rhythm. The hay bales are wet and rotting, a symbol of the old body you have just shed. There is carpet in the garage now. She has a black eye. Total annihilation. The words “wild west” finally have meaning, the national identity of Finland and a weather beaten blue tarp. A new world is here. Everything is constantly blooming.
January 18, 2015
January 15, 2015
“Sauna" by Mount Eerie includes:- two 45rpm high fidelity...
“Sauna" by Mount Eerie includes:
- two 45rpm high fidelity heavy LPs (black vinyl)
- 11 3/4” x 32 1/2” jumbo poster (glossy)
- old style heavy gatefold jackets (full color)
- download card (including weird high res formats)
- plastic bag (not pictured)
- artist’s grubby fingerprints on every copy (signatures superfluous)
- direct postal line from us to you (P.W. Elverum & Sun orders only)
- made in the U.&S.A. (totally)
- cardboard we wrote your name on (P.W. Elverum & Sun orders only)
- a sense of contentment and pride (if you love objects)
January 12, 2015
THIS by Mount Eerie (official video)
by Peter J. Brant
from...
January 11, 2015
New shirts that go with “Sauna” by Mount Eerie,...
New shirts that go with “Sauna” by Mount Eerie, featuring the song names and a pile of fire wood printed in b&w on “army” colored shirts, now for sale:
January 9, 2015
December 25, 2014
Annual christmas eve tradition in our house: A viewing of the...
Annual christmas eve tradition in our house: A viewing of the 5+ hour long version of Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny & Alexander, the best christmas movie. Featuring: candles!
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