Phil Elverum has announced Night Palace, his first album under the Mount Eerie moniker in five years. It will arrive on November 1 via his own label P.W. Elverum & Sun. The follow-up to 2019’s Lost Wisdom, Pt. 2, a collaborative LP with Julie Doiron, is led by the singles ‘I Walk’ and ‘Broom of Wind’, the latter of which is accompanied by a music video. Check them out below, and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.
Spanning 26 tracks, Night Palace is billed as spiritual sequel to the Microphones’ 2001 classic The Glow pt. 2. “This is a return to the beloved deep analog fuzz world of the Microphones’ the Glow pt. 2 (2001) and the many thickly embroidered Mount Eerie universes that have followed,” a press release explains. “Smashed tape, breathing air organs, crackling tube amps and a welcome living reality just outside the open window all entwine to push the definition of what’s ‘home’ and what’s ‘studio’, of what’s a ‘song’ and what’s at the heart of the unmediated idea itself.”
In 2020, Elverum revived the Microphones for the album Microphones in 2020.
Night Palace Cover Artwork:
Night Palace Tracklist:
1. Night Palace
2. Huge Fire
3. Breaths
4. Swallowed Alive
5. My Canopy
6. Broom of Wind
7. I Walk
8. (soft air)
9. Empty Paper Towel Roll
10. Wind & Fog
11. Wind & Fog pt. 2
12. Blurred World
13. I Heard Whales (I Think)
14. I Saw Another Bird
15. I Spoke With A Fish
16. Myths Come True
17. Non-Metaphorical Decolonization
18. November Rain
19. Co-Owner of Trees
20. Myths Come True pt. 2
21. & Sun
22. Writing Poems
23. the Gleam pt. 3
24. Stone Woman Gives Birth To A Child At Night
25. Demolition
26. I Need New Eyes
