Mittwoch, 30. September 2009

Mount Eerie - 2005 - I Whale - 7"

Genre: lo-fi
Label: blues anct

I am so much into Mt. Eerie the last days and I came across this phantastic 7" which makes me happy.
I wish I get the real 7", but I think it's impossible. If someone would sell it for a fair price, please post a comment ;-)

This record is aesthetically, sonically, and conceptually amazing. BOOM!

The record is a baby blue 45RPM with a bigger hole in the middle for an adapter. It is only a one-song single, and the other side is a neat picture/blue print of a scene reminiscent of “Moby Dick.” Visually, this record is incredible. Phil’s handwriting adorns the side with the song and the sleeve-insert features big-bold letters and several titles for the song. Honestly, I was pretty worried about what this record would sound like. Anyone who got the “hardcore four-way split” on Stop Drop records or whatever was DEFINITELY disappointed with the Mount Eerie track. Who the hell thought Phil would recycle the music from a different song and put some humdrum lyrics on top of it? Not me! I wouldn’t have bought it! BUT, “I Whale” kicks ass.

The first thing I notice is the shuffle-ing guitar part. Fucking foot tapping, head-nodding awesomeness. The verses feature generic, yet warming, chords switches and a story about whales and being out on the sea. Out of nowhere Phil’s Wife (Woelv) sings a quick sentence and is out of the picture. A second, guitar track comes in as Phil starts to hit perfect high notes. A DISTORTED guitar! That classic Microphones distortion. Then a second voice track comes in the doubles/harmonizes with the original higher track. The story ends and so does the song and so does this little review!

-Scott Moore (via Only Angels Have Wings)


Tracklisting
  1. "I Whale" OR "I Am About To See My Heart" OR "My Heart Is Difficult To See, Like A Whale On The Bottom Of The Ocean, But It's Coming"
    'Which is a sequel to "I'm A Pearl Diver" which was sung by The Microphones, and which was a tragic story of sour romance and which is remedied here by the inevitability of the singer's meeting with "The Whale".'
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