Mount Eerie - "Lone Bell"

Check out a reworked version of "Lone Bell" by experimental folk musician Phil Elverum, a.k.a Mount Eerie. This copiously auto-tuned redux will be featured on Elverum's upcoming project, Pre-Human Ideas, a collection of 12 songs taken from his two 2012 efforts, Clear Moon and Ocean Roar; all of which will feature new lyrics and will be slathered in auto-tuned. He explains the concept as "almost like new songs layered over the old ones, expanding and clarifying the ideas."

Pre-Human Ideas is due out November 12 via his P.W. Elverum & Sun label. A gentle reminder that Clear Moon was pretty swell:

Mount Eerie- Ocean Roar

Mount Eerie drops the second album that was promised in 2012, and while it is a bit more aggressive than its predecessor, Clear Moon, it's surprisingly disjointed.

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Mount Eerie- "Ocean Roar"

After the quiet, contemplative Clear Moon dropped in May, I almost immediately started yearning for the more aggressive side of Mount Eerie that albums like 2008's Wind's Poem had displayed. Thankfully, the new Mount Eerie album Ocean Roar delivers just that. The title track is the first song to officially drop from Mount Eerie's second album this year, and although it's not as raw or abrasive as some of the album's gruffest material, it hints at a less smoothed out side of Phil Elverum than Clear Moon ever approached. The brief song features a head-tripping mix of cymbals, guitars, and gorgeous harmonized vocals from Elverum and a group of female singers. Like many of the best Mount Eerie/Microphones songs, "Ocean Roar" has a lot more to offer listeners than its first play through might suggest.

Ocean Roar will be officially released on September 4th on Elverum's own label.

Mount Eerie- "Pale Lights"

Mount Eerie's last album, Clear Moon, definitely took drone and repetition to the forefront for the longtime musical project of singer-songwriter Phil Elverum.

Phil is now gearing up to release his second album of 2012, Ocean Roar, and "Pale Lights" is the first song to drop from it. The track still makes use of the repetitive direction Moon did, but with a much more ferocious sound.

The track is strangely structured, too. It does through phases of loud and soft with instrumentation gradually being faded in and out of a the mix as the 10-minute song progresses. Fades aren't exactly my favorite studio trick, but they're used interestingly here, in my opinion.

Once again, Mount Eerie is a shining beacon of light for all things obtuse. Look for this album on September on P.W. Elverum & Sun.