Clear Moon is the fifth studio album by Mount Eerie, released May 22, 2012. It is the first of two albums to be released by Mount Eerie in 2012. Phil Elvrum described Clear Moon as the lighter of the two albums. The album was recorded between October 3, 2010 and January 7, 2012 in Anacortes, Washington. Elvrum cited Burzum, Terry Riley and Steve Reich as influences on the album. Read more on Last.fm.
Mount Eerie represents the latest evolution of Phil Elverum's musical vision. Formerly known as The Microphones, Elverum began Mount Eerie in 2003, maintaining his previous project's subtle, lo-fi, and lyrically dense fuzz-folk aesthetic.
Elverum explained this change in an 2003 interview with Discorder, asserting that "Mount Eerie is a new project. The Microphones was completed, or at least at a good stopping point. I did it because I am ready for new things. I am new." Read more on Last.fm
