NEW IN THE STORE:
- Distorted Cymbals 7” by Mount Eerie
- Karl & Geneviève 7”
- a GIANT LOAD of older rare (and not rare) albums by MOUNT EERIE and the MICROPHONES has been made available in the iTunes Store.
- new book by Bret Lunsford
- the Glow pt. 2 by the Microphones 3xLP is back in stock
- new Mount Eerie shirt in the SHIRT STORE
- weird USED section at the bottom of this page
Croatian Fishing Families of Anacortes (book) by Bret Lunsford
$24
On a windy shore lined with log booms, smokestacks, salmon boats, and waterfront shacks, the vitality of Anacortes’ cannery row is brought to life – salted down, fermented and distilled in Old Country style. Follow a rocky island path over rough plank docks to a place where…
★ A thousand fishermen come to port for weekend pavement dances
★ Kids stomp grapes of Prohibition wine
★ Stores close and football practice is cancelled while the whole town cans salmon
Spanning a hundred years of Puget Sound maritime history, Croatian Fishing Families of Anacortes fills an important gap in the northwest bookshelf. 192 pages, 193 vintage photographs and numerous collected oral histories create a fully detailed portrait of everyday life in a small island community in a unique time and place.
WHY IS THIS BOOK FOR SALE HERE?
1.- Because it was designed by me, Phil Elverum, runner of this P.W. Elverum & Sun store, and I am very proud of how it looks. Heavy beautiful hardcover binding, full printed cover wrap, copper foil stamping on cover and spine, richly printed amazing old photos, classy book band, made in Iceland. It gets an A+.
2.- Because P.W. Elverum & Sun is a company that is deeply rooted in Anacortes, Washington, having existed here for over 200 years, and we are proud to be able to share the weird and interesting history of this center of the universe in such a beautifully assembled package.
3.- Because Bret Lunsford, the author/compiler, is the man behind D+ whose record we have released. This is his new release.
ELV024: It Never Was You (7”+download) by Nicholas Krgovich
$5
side A: “It Never Was You”
side B: “It Never Was You (a cappella)”
This song is a hit! It was stuck in everyone’s heads here at the warehouse for literally 6 months so we had to insist on releasing it. We will be distributing the single to all the jukeboxes across the country and soon it will be everywhere, this strange new/old music singing of mistaken identity, a moment on the sidewalk, checking the look in the reflective sign on the luxury store facade.
(You know Nick, right? His band is NO KIDS, and lately he’s been playing solo shows. Also he is in Mount Eerie. You must know him.)
ELV023: California Lite LP+download by Key Losers
$16
Key Losers is a band based in Portland, Oregon, whose songwriter, singer, guitarist, and only constant member is Katy Davidson. Davidson once led the band Dear Nora, which disbanded in 2008. California Lite is Key Losers’ first official full-length album, though Key Losers did release a 9-song “mini-album” called Adjust on States Rights Records in early 2010. Key Losers is a band that may be characterized by its concept-driven lyrics and melody-driven music.
Davidson recruited an all-star band to perform as Key Losers for this album. This band should be referred to as “Key Losers Black Crow Session Band” (in alphabetical order): Karl Blau (K Records) – saxophone / Greg Campanile (Total Noise) – percussion / Andrew Dorsett (LAKE / K Records) – bass and vocals / Tom Filardo (Total Noise) – lead guitar and vocals / Nick Krgovich (No Kids / Tomlab) – keyboards and vocals / Eli Moore (LAKE / K Records) – vocals / Davidson played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals.
Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie) engineered this album in Anacortes, Washington, during late 2010 and early 2011 on all analog equipment, almost completely live, with only minimal overdubbing.
Key Losers Black Crow Session Band will be honored if listeners experience a blend of soft rock, smooth jazz, classic rock, pop, folk, art rock, and noise in this music, and will be flattered by comparisons to a number of acts ranging from Santana to Sade to Joni Mitchell to Stevie Wonder to Julee Cruise to Steely Dan to Steve Reich to Spin Doctors.
MORE: Katy’s mini-essay
AND: OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
DBN122: Distorted Cymbals by Mount Eerie b/w Anglepoise Cymbals by Selector Dub Narcotic
$4
New 7” single by Mount Eerie, recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio recently-ish, de-mixed by Selector Dub Narcotic, released by K as part of their amazing Dub Narcotic Disco Plate series. The song is “Distorted Cymbals”. The “version” mix is nuts. A cat jumping up and down on the mixing board, turning tracks on and off in a deceptively random whirlwind, melodica echoing in the ether.
ELV022: Song Islands vol. 2 (2xLP+download) by Mount Eerie
$21
SONG ISLANDS vol. 2 is the 2nd collection of scattered, isolated non-album tracks (get it? “islands”?), vol. 1 having been released by K records in 2002 under the “Microphones” name.
These songs span from long ago (Where Is My Tarp? from 2002, recorded during the Microphones’ perpetual occupation of Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia) to recent out-takes from 2009’s Wind’s Poem (Lost Wisdom and (wind lyrics), explorations into the mysteries of black metal) and all kinds of wildly divergent places in between. Raw poems barely accompanied on acoustic guitar, expanses of wooden percussion, distorted punk instructionals, hundreds of voices singing, an attempt at smooth jazz, the lowest note on a questionable piano in a big empty room.
Many of these songs have never been released before, and the rest have only been released into ultra-obscurity on limited 7” singles and forgotten compilations, finally compiled here for the first time onto 2 white vinyl LPs (with free download!), wrapped in a heavy gatefold jacket, 18 photos from the ongoing “piles series”, with a 32 page booklet of details, all enfolded in a fancy letterpressed bookband. Every song was re-mixed and then remastered by the illustrious John Golden. As always, P.W. Elverum & Sun maintains the highest standards of manufacturing quality. This is worth owning.
BUTTONS: (You can buy these by themselves but you’ll still get charged for shipping a bigger thing, so it makes more sense to add these to a record order.)
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ELV020: Wind’s Poem (2xLP) by Mount Eerie
$19
Wind’s Poem is the 3rd “official” album by Mount Eerie, the third in the continuum of semi-narrative explorations on the themes of erosion and mortality. It is the best record ever made by Mount Eerie or any related projects.
Double CLEAR vinyl, incredible heavy gatefold jackets with bronze foil stamping, 36 inch double sided lyrics poster, everything manufactured to the highest standards of quality.
twelve songs / 54:45 total time
1. Wind’s Dark Poem
2. Through The Trees
3. My Heart Is Not At Peace
4. the Hidden Stone
5. Wind Speaks
6. Summons
7. the Mouth of Sky
8. Between Two Mysteries
9. Ancient Questions
10. (something)
11. Lost Wisdom pt. 2
12. Stone’s Ode
ELV020: Wind’s Poem (CD) by Mount Eerie
$15
Wind’s Poem is the 3rd “official” album by Mount Eerie, the third in the continuum of semi-narrative explorations on the themes of erosion and mortality. It is the best record ever made by Mount Eerie or any related projects.
Special heavy gatefold “mini-LP” CD jackets with bronze foil stamping, 36 inch double sided lyrics poster, everything manufactured to the highest standards of quality.
(same track listing as the LP)
ELV014: MOUNT EERIE pts. 6 & 7 : book/10”
$60
132 huge pages, plus a 3 panel fold-out, of natural light in the natural world, distorted and brought to life by ambient moonlight, expired film, antique cameras, and long night exposures. The photos are the visual counterpart to pretty much the entire catalog of the Microphones and Mount Eerie, spanning almost a decade. Bound within the pristine white silver foil-stamped hardcover is the new Mount Eerie EP, featuring 4 long songs: “Known World”, “Unknown World”, “Blue Light on the Floor” and “Mount Eerie Revealed”. This vinyl only release is intended to be a sequel to “Mount Eerie” by the Microphones (K records, 2003), picking up where that ambiguous myth left off and returning to firm ground to wander into the backyard in the middle of the night.
Here are the environmental statistics: it was printed on 10,000 lbs. of FSC certified 50% recycled, 35% post-consumer “Endeavor” paper (“savings”- 20 full grown trees, 60 lbs of water-borne waste, 9000 lbs solid waste, 1000 gallons of water, 1900 lbs of greenhouse gases, 14870 (000) BTU’s of energy). Now for sale!
Do you have a copy and you want to know what the photos are of? There is a supplement page now for book owners. It is here.
ELV019: Lost Wisdom (LP)
by Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred Squire
$12
10 songs recorded quickly and quietly during a surprise visit by Julie Doiron, keeper of the world’s greatest and saddest voice, and Fred Squire, hidden guitarist of the floating riff, in a small wooden room in Anacortes, Washington before they returned home to eastern Canada. Songs with the expression of the face of a baby in a burning world, in the swirling dust. They hang on a theme of impermanence and destroying forces. The river is revealed to be going right through the house, the river of inevitable chaos, sorrow and love.
Julie Doiron is a legitimate music legend. Not only are her solo albums the greatest but she is also in the band Eric’s Trip. This is a big deal. Fred Squire is called “hidden” here because he plays so dramatic gently and has primarily lived in extremely remote Canadian outposts. His songs are called Calm Down, It’s Monday. Look it up.
The LP version of this comes with a 24 × 36 inch double sided poster with all the lyrics and a painting and a photo. White/tiedyed vinyl. Elegant and raw.
ELV019: Lost Wisdom (CD) by Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred Squire
$10
Same music but on CD. It comes in a pretty fancy sleeve. Have you seen those “mini-LP replica” sleeves that come from Japan? It’s one of those. Printed in Japan (world’s best printers) and no plastic in the construction. It’s a nice sturdy miniature disc object.
Dawn by Phil Elverum (book+CD)
$25
What is this? “Winter Journal”? CD? Pictures? What?
Here for sale is a potentially boring, potentially illuminating journal from a winter spent alone in a remote Norwegian cabin in 2002/2003, along with a CD of the songs written during that time and some pictures and drawings. The idea is that the journal writing is the “raw source material” that the songs were later distilled from. Reading it in journal-form perhaps recreates the slow pace of life and the swirl of thoughts that allowed the birth of such songs. Also: jokes, observations on cold nature, literature, surrealism, “home”, perception, etc. You might find it interesting.
It is a pretty nice object too: a hardcover book bound in synthetic birch wood. It looks like the piece of wood it is. (Buenaventura Press)
ELV016: Black Wooden Ceiling Opening by Mount Eerie : 10”+CD
(2nd artwork version)
$11
Six songs of Mt. Eerie and The Microphones translated into a heavier form in preparation for a west coast tour of illegal art galleries and punk houses in November 2006. The band was Jason Anderson, Kjetil Jenssen, and Phil Elverum. This is a sturdy tip-on style jacket with a black vinyl 10” and a CD that contains the E.P. as well as the world’s gnarliest bootleg of the band performing the songs (plus others) at the Dept. of Safety in Anacortes, recorded by Karl Blau (holding the cassette recorder up to the PA speaker). Eating wood in the street.
ELV005: No Flashlight by Mount Eerie (Japanese import CD)
$16
This is the out of print first Mount Eerie album, from 2005. The music kind of sounds like soft wooden mallets knocking gently on other weathered wood, making new drum sounds. (In an old temple in Japan recently I saw that their “doorbell” was an old piece of wood hanging on a rope next to a wooden hammer.) Bumping on hollow logs. Weird ideas about walking in the dark and expanding awareness, caves overflowing.
This Japanese import CD version has 4 bonus tracks, as well as all the lyrics in both English and Japanese. It’s all printed by the world’s finest printers, highest quality packaging.
TRACK LIST
1. I Know No One
2. I Hold Nothing
3. the Moan
4. In the Bat’s Mouth
5. No Inside, No Out
6. (2 Lakes)
7. Stop Singing
8. No Flashlight
9. (2 Mountains)
10. the Air in the Morning
11. the Universe is Shown
12. What I Actually Am
13. How?
14. No Flashlight
15. (2 Moons)
bonus tracks:
16. the Intimacy of the World with the World
17. the Same Ocean
18. Waterfalls (by Thanksgiving)
19. Where?
THIRTY-FOUR “MOUNT EERIE” SONGS RECORDED LIVE SATURDAY, APRIL FIFTH 2003 AT HUSET’S “THEATER ROOM” RÅDHUSSTRÆDE 13, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK / FIREOGTREDIVE “UHYGGELIGT FJELD” SANGE OPTAGET LIVE, LØRDAG DEN FEMTE APRIL 2003 I HUSETS “TEATERSAL” RÅDHUSSTRÆDE 13, KØBENHAVN DANMARK : triple LP + download
$25
This crazy thing was released a few years ago by Burnt Toast Vinyl and Washington Inc. and sold out. Now they made more and are offering a download code this time. Basically it’s a live recording of the world’s longest Mount Eerie concert, 34 songs, including many rarities, plus a 4 track recording of “the Boom” made while in Copenhagen. This was in April 2003 on dude’s re-emergence from Norway cabin time (see Dawn, the book) and so most of these songs are captured fresh and raw. Plus, shows in Copenhagen are pretty amazing. The audience sings and jokes along audibly. One of the six sides contains a faint etching. The triple gatefold jacket looks pretty good. More mountain paintings in ink and coffee. All words are provided in both English and Danish.
(MICROPHONES CDs can be found in the BARGAIN C.D. STORE)
KLP190: the Glow pt. 2 by the Microphones : triple LP$25
This is the “deluxe” re-issue of the popular 2001 album by the Microphones featuring a whole extra record of unreleased songs from the era and “destroyed versions” of songs from the album, plus an extra booklet of pictures and words, plus a whole bunch of photos, plus three records of music. It’s a substantial package. (Released by K.)
TAUS002: Karl & Genevieve 7”
$5
In 2005, Karl Blau (known under his own name) and Geneviève Castrée (of Woelv then and of Ô Paon now) joined forces to write scientific and hallucinated songs in the garage behind Karl’s house. At first the idea was to make a full album, but with their busy schedules (records, books, exhibitions and tours) they only managed to meet up for three songs. Inspired by a taste for adventure, the month of August and the slow summer days of Anacortes, Karl and Geneviève remind us a little bit of the moods of Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem when they were young. The sharing of vocals parts is exciting, Karls’ sung French lyrics are a real jewel.
Karl & Geneviève is a limited edition seven inch featuring a homemade letterpressed jacket and a full color insert.
TAUS003: “Courses” by Ô Paon : LP
$14
Un automne, deux hivers et un été, c’est le temps qu’il aura fallu à Geneviève Castrée pour changer d’identité musicale en passant de Woelv à Ô Paon. Deux ans de gestation et quatre passages en studio à l’Hotel2Tango de Montréal pour préparer Courses. Ce nouvel opus annonce d’emblée sa différence avec les précédents albums de Geneviève, le ciel y est lourd et l’univers s’est assombri. Si les paroles sont plus graves, c’est qu’elle explore les zones d’ombre de notre société : les grandes friches industrielles, l’appât du gain, l’absurdité du pouvoir, la violence, la solitude. Savamment orchestré par Thierry Amar (Silver Mt Zion, Black Ox Orkestar, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), qui a su non seulement ajouter une texture particulière aux chansons, mais qui s’est aussi fait le traducteur de certaines idées, Courses est un album monté en boucles, riche en répétitions vocales et musicales qui nous entraînent inexorablement là où il veut nous mener, au regard que Geneviève porte sur cette déchéance. Et toute la force de l’album est dans ce regard qui saisit l’instant (« Je t’ai vue seule et abandonnée ») sans cynisme ni jugement. La tristesse contemple la tristesse. La vie est une course perdue d’avance, semble nous dire Geneviève, mais ne pariez pas sur mon cheval, il est trop fatigué. Et quand par moments la colère l’emporte, les musiciens (Nadia Moss, Sophie Trudeau, Jonah Fortune, Julie Houle et David Payant) unissent leurs forces pour faire lever la tempête. Humains et chevaux partent alors dans un galop effréné et chaotique, sans savoir où ils vont et sans plus se soucier des obstacles.
Comme d’habitude, la pochette est finement illustrée par Geneviève elle-même.
Personnel:
Geneviève Castrée: chant, guitares.
Thierry Amar: ingénieur du son, producteur, basse sur 1, contrebasse sur 4.
Nadia Moss: orgue sur 2 et 5, piano sur 8.
Sophie Trudeau: violon sur 1, 6 et 8.
Jonah Fortune: batterie sur 1 et 2.
Julie Houle: tuba sur 6.
David Payant: batterie sur 4.
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One autumn, two winters and one summer. That is how much time it took for Geneviève Castrée to change her musical identity from “Woelv” to “Ô Paon”. Two years of gestation and four visits to Montréal’s Hotel2Tango recording studio. Courses announces from the start its difference from previous records by Geneviève. The sky is heavy and the universe got darker. The lyrics are more solemn, exploring the shadowy parts of our society: wastelands, greed, the absurdity of power, violence, loneliness. Thierry Amar (Silver Mt. Zion, Black Ox Orkestar, Godspeed You! Black Emperor) expertly arranges the recordings, adding a particular texture to the songs and even playing the role of translator for certain ideas. Courses is a record built on loops, rich with vocal and musical repetitions leading us inexorably where it wants to: what Geneviève sees as this decline unfolds. She captures the moment without cynicism or judgement (« Je t’ai vue seule et abandonnée » – I saw you alone and abandoned). Sadness contemplates sadness. Geneviève seems to tell us that life is a race already lost, and wonders what we are running after, “But don’t bet on my horse, he is too tired.”. Occasionally anger takes over and the musicians (Nadia Moss, Sophie Trudeau, Jonah Fortune, Julie Houle et David Payant) unite and bring their power to raise a storm. Humans and horses speed in chaos, not knowing where they are going and not caring about obstacles.
As usual, the cover is carefully drawn by Geneviève herself and English translations are included on the lyric sheet.
Personnel:
Geneviève Castrée: voice, guitars.
Thierry Amar: engineer, producer, bass on 1, contrabass on 4.
Nadia Moss: organ on 2 and 5, piano on 8.
Sophie Trudeau: violin on 1, 6 and 8.
Jonah Fortune: drums on 1 and 2.
Julie Houle: tuba on 6.
David Payant: drums on 4.
TAUS003: “Courses” by Ô Paon : CD
$10
This is for the CD. See the description above.
TAUS001: Ô Paon e.p. : 7”
$5
Two songs about masks, spring deaths, and rebirths.
This is the first release by Ô Paon on the new record label of the same name. We are merely distributing it here.
KLP172: “Tout Seul Dans La Forêt En Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?” by Woelv : 60 page book with LP
$27
(“Alone In The Forest In The Middle Of The Day, Are You Scared?”)
This was released in Dec. 2007 by K but has gone CRIMINALLY under-noticed. For this reason we are lowering the price and giving you some examples of the incredible artwork that fills the 60 page book that accompanies the record. Click these pictures to look closer.:
Geneviève Castrée is the brilliant artist/musician behind this work and also that of Ô Paon. This book/record is an exploration of intense conflict and the beauty and grace that shines through; dramatic music sung in French with lyrics translated into SO MANY different languages throughout the book.
ELV009 (vinyl): “GRIS” by Woelv : 10”
$11
We just got some more of these fine 10 inches back in stock. Get one before they’re really all the way gone.
Geneviève made these 4 long songs in preparation for a tour of Japan. They turned out to be too good for just a tour thing so we released it. Drones and mind bends. Sung in French. White vinyl.
ELV009 (C.D.): “GRIS” by Woelv : CD
$9
Geneviève made these 4 long songs in preparation for a tour of Japan. They turned out to be too good for just a tour thing so we released it. They are an attempt at “prog rock” she says. Drones and mind bends. Comes with a booklet of drawings and some string. Sung in French.
MAR047 (LP): “the Watery Graves of Portland and Geneviève” : LP (released by Marriage)
$11
A collaboration between The Watery Graves of Portland (Marriage dudes) and Geneviève. It is very good. Here is a sample.
MAR047 (CD): “the Watery Graves of Portland and Geneviève” : CD (released by Marriage)
$9
A collaboration between The Watery Graves of Portland (Marriage dudes) and Geneviève. It is very good. Here is a sample.
“Anacortes” by Bret Lunsford : 128 page book
$22
Bret Lunsford (of D+, Beat Happening, What The Heck fest and much much more) has assembled this beautiful collection of over 200 historical photos from Anacortes, our treasured home town, and wrote the informative captions. The book is published by Arcadia Publishing, the people who do excellent local history books nationwide. The photos are really amazing. They come primarily from the deep collection at the Anacortes Museum and have a vague focus on the odd things in Anacortes history that make the place so unique (odd things that continue today in things like What The Heck? fest and the various weird characters that are drawn here). early salmon fishing and canning, community events, parades, work, etc. an excellent book.
OK, this is weird. I know.
We are getting rid of some records from our home shelves and I am offering them here for 50 CENTS each, plus whatever shipping is.
The ADD button is generic for all records.
This is important:
YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHICH RECORD YOU ARE BUYING
using the text box.
It’s possible some of the records listed will not be available anymore. I will update the list as often as possible.
Here are the available records: (all 12” vinyl, some 10”, conditions vary, no refunds, etc.)
price for each:
50 cents
Beat Head Breaks (Ubiquity)- just beats for DJs
We Are The World 12” (b/w Quincy Jones – Grace)
Sonic Hologram – Demonstration-Calibration Test Record C-4000
Home Made With Teac demonstration record
Sound Effects vol. 7 (trains, steam, crowds, wind, etc.)
Willie Nelson – Willie Nelson’s Greatest Hits & Some That Will Be (2xLP)
Willie Nelson & Ray Price – San Antonio Rose
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser – the Outlaws
Willie Nelson sings Kristofferson
Willie Nelson – best of
Willie Nelson – the Minstrel Man
Willie Nelson – Live
Willie Nelson – Without A Song
Willie Nelson – the Electric Horseman (soundtrack)
Willie Nelson – Before His Time
Willie Nelson & Leon Russell – One For The Road 2xLP
Beach Boys – weird s/t compilation (British import, EMI)
Beach Boys – Concert
Beach Boys – 15 Big Ones
Mondo Cane – soundtrack (Riz Ortolani & Nino Oliviero)
Puget Soundsmen – MENC Biennial Convention
Bonnie Raitt – s/t
Sambas De Enredo – Carnaval 87 (Brazilian import)
Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky
“HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?”:
We don’t send out any kind of receipt or notification so don’t be alarmed when you don’t hear from us after ordering. We got your order and it’ll come.
We pack orders every few days.
Domestic orders are shipped via Media Mail which takes a maximum of 8 business days.
International orders are between 1 and 5 weeks usually.
Mail orders are acceptable too.
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