''Mount Eerie Dances with Wolves'', also known as ''Two New Songs of Mount Eerie'', is an EP by

Mount Eerie Mount Eerie is the musical project of American songwriter and producer Phil Elverum. Elverum (also of The Microphones) is the principal member of the band, but has collaborated with many other musicians on his records and in live performances. ...

. It was released in Australia as ''Two New Songs'' in 2004 and released in the United States as ''Dances with Wolves'' in 2005.

Recording and release

The two songs were recorded live to acetate at Melbourne's Corduroy Records, a former pressing plant in suburban Melbourne. Elverum was joined by members of Architecture In Helsinki, Midnight Juggernauts, Ground Components and Eddy Current Suppression Ring in two largely improvised performances. 200 12" records were pressed in time for sale at the Melbourne show a week later. The record was initially released by three labels - Art School Drop Out, Bee Vamp and Elverum's own P.W Elverum & Sun album. Each of the initial records came with an individually hand-painted cover by Elverum himself.

Reception

The album received a generally positive reception. Sam Ubl of Pitchfork wrote that the band were "seemingly attempting to simulate expansive Elvrum epics such as "The Glow", to somewhat inauspicious results." and that "The eleven-minute-plus "Fuck the World" shows a more brazen, even somewhat stylized Elvrum."

Track listing

All songs by

Phil Elverum Philip Whitman Elverum (; born May 23, 1978) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist, best known for his musical projects The Microphones and Mount Eerie. Based in Anacortes, Washington, in the mid-2000s he began ...

Recording and release

Reception

Track listing

Australian version

North American version

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