Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie"

Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie" is the debut EP by Mount Eerie, released on June 1, 2004.

Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie"
EP by Mount Eerie
Released	June 1, 2004
Recorded	"Nowhere" in Anacortes, Washington, May and June 2004
Genre	Indie rock
Length	25:31
Label	P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.
Producer	Phil Elverum
Mount Eerie chronology
Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie" (2004) Two New Songs of "Mount Eerie" (2004)

Recording and release

It was recorded in Anacortes, Washington in the months of May and June 2004 intended for the July 2004 tour of Australia.^[1][2] It was released on 196 CD-Rs in photocopied covers, all of which were sold out on the tour. Free audio downloads of the EP were later made available.^[2] It's been reported to have been downloaded over 36,000 times.^[3]

Several songs from the EP have later appeared on other Mount Eerie releases in different versions: "Wooly Mammoth's Absence" (retitled as "Wooly Mammoth's Mighty Absence"), "With My Hands Out" and "My Burning" were re-recorded for Dawn while "Wooly Mammoth's Mighty Absence" and "With My Hands Out" were also re-recorded for Eleven Old Songs and Lost Wisdom respectively. Another version of "Do Not Be Afraid" was released on Singers, an album credited to either Mount Eerie or the band of the same name.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	(7.8/10) [4]

The album received a generally positive reception. Sam Ubl of Pitchfork wrote that "the organic, close-mic'd sound posited on that collection has been reined in by Elverum's masterful studio touch, allowing the music to retain an unaffected, live-performed spirit without ever sounding sloppy or unfinished."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wooly Mammoth's Absence"	4:46
2.	"Do Not Be Afraid"	0:54
3.	"With My Hands Out"	3:32
4.	"2 Blonde Braids"	3:40
5.	"My Burning"	2:41
6.	"November 22nd 2003, 4:45 PM"	6:18
7.	"Cold Mountain Song 286"	2:26
Total length:		25:31

All tracks are written by Phil Elverum

References

1. "Bandcamp". Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
2. Archive.org
3. Bemis, Alec Hanley (2008-03-07). ""My Megalomania": Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 2 of 4". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
4. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork. 25 July 2004. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.

External links

• Free, official download of Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie".