Pitchfork

Having ascended Mount Eerie, planted his lo-fi flag at its peak, and tobogganed down its frosty slopes, Phil Elverum is ready for something new. And by something new, we mean something old.

Elverum-- who once went by Elvrum-- has journeyed deep into the attics of his past to retrieve another name he once used: the Microphones. It's under that moniker that the enigmatic folky released the bulk of his recorded material (much of it for K Records), and it's that moniker that earned him distinction as the creative force behind Pitchfork's #1 album of 2001, The Glow, Pt. 2.

To celebrate the return of the Microphones, Phil has pressed a brand new 7". The self-released vinyl frisbee, available now from Elverum's website and in stores this March, includes a couple nuggets of song-advice from Phil: "Don't Smoke" and-- one we should all be taking very seriously right now-- "Get Off the Internet".

The name flip-floppery shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Elverum did, after all, tell Pitchfork "The whole [Microphones] break-up thing is a ridiculous joke" back in October 2003.

Seems Mount Eerie's not done for good either, however, as our man Phil has a couple concerts scheduled in February under that name.

Does this mean we'll soon be hearing from Songs: Ohia again too?

7":

01 Don't Smoke
02 Get Off the Internet

Mount Eerie:

02-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Other Space *
02-25 Seattle, WA - Vera Project #

* with To Bad Catholics, Old Bridge
# with Ghost to Falco, Holy Ghost Revival, Tiny Vipers, YACHT