The Glow, Pt. 2 — The Microphones

Released 2001 · Genre: Alternative · Label: ℗ 2001 P.W. Elverum & Sun

Auracle community rating: 9.5 / 10 from 3 ratings.

Tracklist

  1. I Want Wind To Blow
  2. The Glow, Pt. 2
  3. The Moon
  4. Headless Horseman
  5. My Roots Are Strong and Deep
  6. Instrumental
  7. The Mansion
  8. (Something)
  9. (Something) [1]
  10. I'll Not Contain You
  11. The Gleam, Pt. 2
  12. Map
  13. You'll Be In the Air
  14. I Want To Be Cold
  15. I Am Bored
  16. I Felt My Size
  17. Instrumental
  18. I Felt Your Shape
  19. Samurai Sword
  20. My Warm Blood

Reviews

Lo-fi as a load-bearing decision

Rated 8.0 / 10

The temptation is to hear the hiss as poverty and forgive it. Wrong frame. The record is about smallness — a person against weather — and the four-track is the only honest instrument for that subject. Recorded cleanly this collapses into pretty sadness. Recorded like this, the room tone argues with the singer, and the argument is the album.