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Geneviève Castrée

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{{Short description|Canadian musician and cartoonist (1981–2016)}}
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| birth_name = Geneviève Gosselin
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| birth_place = [[Loretteville, Quebec]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|07|09|1981|04|09}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Phil Elverum]]|2004}}
| children = 1
| death_place = [[Anacortes, Washington]], U.S.
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'''Geneviève Elverum''' ({{nee}} '''Gosselin'''; April 9, 1981 – July 9, 2016), also known as '''Geneviève Castrée''', was a Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician from [[Quebec]]. An early admirer of comics, she began creating them at a young age. [[L'Oie de Cravan]] published her first book, ''Lait Frappé'', in 2000. By 2004 she had released three more books—''Die Fabrik, Roulatheque Roulatheque Nicolore'' and ''Pamplemoussi''. The latter is considered her artistic breakthrough.<ref name=":1" />

Her 2012 book ''Susceptible'' gave her international success and was followed by a book of poems in French titled ''Maman Sauvage'' in 2015. Her next two works ''A Bubble'' and ''Maman Apprivoisée'' were both released posthumously. She also recorded a total of eight albums under the name '''Woelv''' and '''Ô Paon''' (stylized in all caps).

In 2003, Castrée met musician [[Phil Elverum]], and the two married the following year. In 2015, she gave birth to their only child. That same year, she was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]]. She died in 2016. Elverum later recorded a series of albums centered around her life and death.

==Early life==
[[File:Rue Racine, Loretteville.jpg|thumb|left|Loretteville, Quebec, where Castrée was born]]
Geneviève Gosselin was born in [[Loretteville, Quebec|Loretteville]], [[Quebec]], in 1981.<ref name="adambaumgold">[http://www.adambaumgoldgallery.com/Castree_Genevieve/Genevieve-Castree.htm Adam Baumgold Gallery. March 20, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035633/http://www.adambaumgoldgallery.com/Castree_Genevieve/Genevieve-Castree.htm |date=March 4, 2016 }}. Retrieved April 18, 2010.</ref> She grew up reading ''[[Tintin (character)|Tintin]]'' comics from an early age, so much so that she eventually entered, studied for, and won a ''Tintin'' competition. From an early age, she was drawing comics influenced by artists she loved, including [[Hergé]], [[Renée French]], [[Chester Brown]], [[Julie Doucet]], and Argentinian artist [[Quino]]. Doucet in particular had a significant influence on Castrée, influencing her character design and lettering style.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Clough|first=Rob|date=July 14, 2016|title=Geneviève Castrée: 1981-2016 {{!}}|url=http://www.tcj.com/genevieve-castree-1981-2016/|access-date=July 10, 2020|website=The Comics Journal|language=en-US}}</ref>

When Gosselin was five, her father left her and her mother. At age fifteen, Gosselin traveled around Canada and reunited with her absentee father. Although their relationship was strained, Gosselin's father did build her a log cabin to live in. In her teens, Gosselin, without formal training, began her cartooning career, publishing [[minicomics]] and adopting the name '''Geneviève Castrée'''.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Traps|first=Yevgeniya|date=July 19, 2018|title=The Saddest Children's Book in the World|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/19/the-saddest-childrens-book-in-the-world/|access-date=October 16, 2020|website=[[The Paris Review]]|language=en}}</ref>

Gosselin had a troubled relationship with her mother, experiencing both a deep connection and feelings of alienation and belittlement. Her relationship with her father was less contentious but also less intimate.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
[[File:Geneviève Castrée (Ô Paon).jpg|thumb|Castrée performing under the name Ô Paon in 2012]]

=== Artistry ===
In 2000, Montréal publisher [[L'Oie de Cravan]] published her first book, ''Lait Frappé'',{{sfn|Clough|2016}} followed by ''Die Fabrik'' that same year<ref name="kexp">{{cite web|url=https://kexp.org/read/2019/3/28/beyond-crow-looking-he-life-and-works-genevieve-castree/|title=Beyond A Crow: Looking at the Life and Works of Geneviève Castrée|website=KEXP-FM|last=Albertson|first=Jasmine|date=March 28, 2019|access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> and ''Roulatheque Roulatheque Nicolore'' in 2001, but it was ''Pamplemoussi'' in 2004 that served as her artistic breakthrough. The release marked her first major movement to integrate her music and visual art into one cohesive practice.<ref name=":1" />

In 2012, Castrée released ''Susceptible'', a [[graphic novel]] that chronicles her childhood growing up in Quebec through the character of Goglu, her childhood nickname.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Vanderhoof|first=Erin|date=July 26, 2018|title=Meet Phil Elverum, Michelle Williams's New Husband|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/07/phil-elverum-michelle-williams-husband-marriage|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en-us}}</ref> It was released to critical acclaim and saw her achieve international success, as well as helping her feel "unburdened" by her memories of her mother.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> In 2015, ''Maman Sauvage'', a book of poems in French detailing Castrée's feelings as a mother, was published by L'Oie de Cravan under the name Geneviève Elverum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="kexp" /> Following her death, Castrée was included in ''The Best American Comics 2016'', edited by [[Roz Chast]].<ref name=":1" />

In 2017, her final book, ''A Bubble'', was posthumously published by [[Drawn & Quarterly]], having been completed by her husband, Phil Elverum, and Portland artist [[Anders Nilsen (cartoonist)|Anders Nilsen]].<ref name="kexp" /><ref name=":4" /> They were initially wary about finishing it but concluded that it would be better for the book to be in a state of "easy readability rather than burden it with the awkward unfinished look, too cloaked in its context to be functional as a standalone thing."<ref name=":4" /> Castrée left instructions for its creation after her death.<ref name=":4" /> According to Elverum, she worked on it until her "literal final days".<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.pri.org/programs/studio-360/void-noid|title=A void: The Noid|website=Studio 360|publisher=[[The World (radio program)|The World]]|host=Kurt Andersen|date=April 12, 2018|time=43:45-44:00|access-date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> The book was created for her daughter as a gift, although she did intend for it to be published. It centers around their relationship and Castrée's struggle with cancer, which she compares to living in a bubble.<ref name="kexp" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=McGillis|first=Ian|date=July 12, 2018|title=Ian McGillis: Geneviève Castrée's A Bubble is a mother's lasting gift|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/books/ian-mcgillis-genevieve-castrees-a-bubble-is-a-mothers-lasting-gift|access-date=September 23, 2020|website=[[Montreal Gazette]]|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Deziel|first=Shanda|date=July 16, 2018|title=How Geneviève Castrée's posthumous A Bubble came to be|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/how-genevieve-castrees-posthumous-a-bubble-came-to-be/|access-date=September 23, 2020|website=[[Quill and Quire]]}}</ref> It features sparse text and is instead primarily told via an image per page.<ref name=":2" /> It concludes with an afterword by Elverum.<ref name=":2" /> Elverum noted that its creation was Castrée's way of coping.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Woods|first=Allan|date=July 13, 2018|title=Posthumous books from Quebec artist document the life she fought to save|url=https://www.therecord.com/entertainment/books/2018/07/13/posthumous-books-from-quebec-artist-document-the-life-she-fought-to-save.html|access-date=September 23, 2020|website=[[Waterloo Region Record|The Record]]|language=en}}</ref>

A book of poems titled ''Maman Apprivoisée'' was released in 2018.<ref name=":3" /> It consists of 44 poems written in French and English.<ref name=":3" /> It deals with her feelings surrounding her giving birth in 2015, and being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the same year.<ref name=":3" /> Elverum has said that he is putting together a book of poems by her as well as a monograph of her illustrations.<ref name=":3" />

=== Musical career ===
[[File:Hotel2Tango TrackingRoom1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hotel2Tango]], the Montreal studio where Castrée recorded the Ô Paon album ''Courses'']]
A self-taught musician, Castrée's first release was an accompanying LP to her 2004 book ''Pamplemoussi'',<ref name="kexp" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ô Paon|url=http://www.opaon.ca/sections/le-passethe-past/|access-date=July 19, 2016|website=www.opaon.ca}}</ref> recorded and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] by Thomas Shields and Matt Skillings of the band Run Chico Run. The two artists provided many of the instruments and backing tracks to the album, as well as musical training and financing for the recording.
The album was recorded and mixed in Victoria, British Columbia. It is lo-fi in nature, with Castrée singing in French over "childlike" instruments, such as a keyboard and recorder.<ref name="kexp" />

Under the name '''Woelv''', Castrée released the 2006 EP ''Gris'' via Elverum's label P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd. ''Gris'' saw her expand on her already-established lo-fi sound.<ref name="kexp" /> Her final release under the Woelv name came in 2007 as ''Tout seul dans la forêt en plein jour, avez-vous peur?'' (English: ''Alone in the Forest in the Middle of the Day, Are You Scared?'').<ref name="kexp" /> The album was recorded in [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], Washington, via [[K Records]], with Elverum once again involved.<ref name="kexp" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Howe|first=Brian|date=July 17, 2008|title=Woelv: Tout Seul dans la Forêt en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11983-tout-seul-dans-la-foret-en-plein-jour-avez-vous-peur/|access-date=July 10, 2020|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|language=en}}</ref>

In 2009, Castrée established her own label and began releasing music under the name '''Ô Paon'''. In 2010, she released an LP, ''Courses'', recorded at [[Hotel2Tango]], Montreal, with [[Thierry Amar]], and in 2015 released ''Fleuve'', recorded with Elverum and featuring Nicholas Krgovich and [[Lori Goldston]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ô Paon: Catalogue|url=http://www.opaon.ca/index.php/sections/catalogue/|access-date=August 21, 2020|website=opaon.ca}}</ref>

Castrée also made appearances on recordings by [[Mount Eerie]], [[Thanksgiving (band)|Thanksgiving]], [[Karl Blau]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ô Paon: Collaborations|url=http://www.opaon.ca/index.php/sections/collaborations/|access-date=August 21, 2020|website=opaon.ca}}</ref> [[D+ (band)|D+]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Paul|date=September 4, 2008|title=Elverum, Lunsford, Blau Release New D+ Album|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/33445-elverum-lunsford-blau-release-new-d-album/|access-date=July 10, 2020|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|language=en-us}}</ref> and [[Aidan Baker]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barakat|first=Farah|date=April 15, 2013|title=Aidan Baker Already Drowning|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/aidan_baker-already_drowning|access-date=July 10, 2020|website=[[Exclaim!]]|language=en-ca}}</ref> She and Elverum helped create the [[What The Heck Fest]]. She released a total of eight albums under both names.<ref name=":1" />

=== Themes and style ===
Castrée's literary work often dealt with topics such as loyalty, her relationship with her parents and childhood abuse.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> They were typically of a discreet nature, and often eschewed typical comics paneling, alongside using [[negative space]] and open page layouts, among other techniques.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> Her work featured a meticulous [[folk art]] style that made heavy use of vibrant color.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Suzette|date=July 5, 2018|title=Geneviève Castrée's Last Book Is a Baby Book for Her Daughter|url=https://www.thestranger.com/books/2018/07/05/28735415/genevieve-castrees-last-book-is-a-baby-book-for-her-daughter|access-date=October 16, 2020|website=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|language=en}}</ref> Her characters were often expressive, being described as "fragile" and "broken", and were drawn with "wiggly" arms and "bending" legs.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" /> Themes such as sorrow and elation were present throughout her work in a symbiotic manner.<ref name=":5" />

== Personal life and death ==
Castrée was married to musician Phil Elverum, who has released music as [[the Microphones]] and [[Mount Eerie]].<ref name="p4k1">{{cite web|last1=Yoo|first1=Noah|title=Geneviève Elverum Has Died|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/66697-genevieve-elverum-has-died|access-date=July 10, 2016|website=pitchfork.com|date=July 10, 2016 }}</ref> They met in 2003 and wed in 2004. They originally intended to move to Canada but after searching for [[Domicile (law)|residency]] decided to remain in the United States, in the town of [[Anacortes, Washington]], where Elverum grew up.<ref name="wtf">{{cite podcast|host=Marc Maron|title=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - EPISODE 818 - MARK MULCAHY / PHIL ELVERUM|website=[[YouTube]]|date=June 8, 2017|time=26:00-28:30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrL0Z1ghZHM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822044426/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrL0Z1ghZHM&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2020-08-22 |url-status=dead|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> Castrée was also close friends with musician [[Lori Goldston]] and poet [[Joanne Kyger]].<ref name="observer">{{cite web|last1=Joffe|first1=Justin|date=March 21, 2017|title=Beyond Grief: How Mount Eerie Made an Album About His Wife's Death|url=https://observer.com/2017/03/mount-eerie-phil-elverum-interview/|access-date=April 12, 2020|website=[[observer.com|Observer]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lori Goldston: Floating in the High Cold Air|url=https://www.thestranger.com/events/25032226/lori-goldston-floating-in-the-high-cold-air|access-date=July 10, 2020|website=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|language=en}}</ref> French was Castrée's primary language.<ref name=":5" />

Castrée was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]] in 2015, shortly after the birth of her and Elverum's only child.<ref name="p4k2">{{cite web|last1=Monroe|first1=Jazz|title=Phil Elverum Seeks Donations for Wife's Cancer Treatment|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/65886-phil-elverum-seeks-donations-for-wifes-cancer-treatment/|access-date=July 10, 2016|website=pitchfork.com|date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref> In June 2016, a [[GoFundMe]] account was set up by Elverum to assist with their finances.<ref name="p4k2" /> She died on July 9, 2016, at the age of 35.<ref name="p4k1" /> Her husband soon posted an update: "She died at home with me and her parents holding her, hopefully having reached some last minute peace".<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Greene|first=Jayson|date=March 13, 2017|title=Death Is Real: Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum Copes With Unspeakable Tragedy|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/profile/10034-death-is-real-mount-eeries-phil-elverum-copes-with-unspeakable-tragedy/|access-date=February 7, 2020}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Her widower, Phil Elverum, released three albums under his [[Mount Eerie]] project – ''[[A Crow Looked at Me]]'', ''[[Now Only]]'' and ''[[Lost Wisdom pt. 2]]'' – which chronicle Castrée's life and mourn her early death.<ref name="kexp" /> [[Katherine Paul]]'s debut album ''Mother of My Children'' was inspired by Castrée's death, whom Paul described as her "mentor".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blais-Billie|first=Braudie|date=September 11, 2019|title=Black Belt Eagle Scout Is Bringing Queer Indigenous Stories to Indie Rock|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/black-belt-eagle-scout-is-bringing-queer-indigenous-stories-to-indie-rock/|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Richards|first=John|title=Black Belt Eagle Scout - Soft Stud|url=https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/song-of-the-day/2018/8/24/black-belt-eagle-scout-soft-stud/|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=[[KEXP]]}}</ref> [[Clyde Petersen]] was inspired by Castrée's death to release an album he had recorded while briefly house-sitting for Castrée and Elverum.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Henry|first=Dusty|date=July 20, 2016|title=Your Heart Breaks Remembers Geneviève Castrée With 'From Mount Eerie'|url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/your-heart-breaks-remembers-genevive-castre-with-from-mount-eerie/|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=[[Seattle Weekly]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Many other artists paid tribute to her. Anders Nilsen called her "one of my favorite people in the world and one of my favorite artists".<ref name=":1" /> Former publisher Chris Oliveros expressed gratitude and pride for having worked with her and publishing her works.<ref name=":1" />

== Bibliography ==

===Books===
All titles published as Geneviève Castrée except where indicated:
* ''Lait Frappé'', [[L'Oie de Cravan]], 2000.
* ''Die Fabrik'', Reprodukt, 2000.
* ''Roulathèque Roulathèque Nicolore'', [[L'Oie de Cravan]], 2001.
* ''Pamplemoussi'', LP and book, [[L'Oie de Cravan]], 2004.
* ''Masques'', Sweet Dream Press, 2007.
* ''Tout Seul Dans La Forêt En Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?'' (as Woelv), CD/LP and book, [[K Records]], 2007.
* ''Enfance'', self-published anonymously, 2010
* ''Susceptible'', [[Drawn & Quarterly]]/L’Apocalypse, 2013.
* ''Maman Sauvage'' (poetry, as Geneviève Elverum), [[L'Oie de Cravan]], 2015.
* ''A Bubble'', [[Drawn & Quarterly]], 2017.
* ''Maman Apprivoisée'' (poetry, as Geneviève Elverum), [[L'Oie de Cravan]], 2018.
* [https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/genevieve-castree-complete-works-1981-2016/ ''Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works 1981-2016''], [[Drawn & Quarterly]], 2022.

====Featured in====
* ''[[Kramers Ergot]] Four'', Ginkgo Press, 2003.
* ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase #3'', [[Drawn & Quarterly]], 2005.
* ''Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels'', [[Drawn & Quarterly]], 2012.
* ''The Best American Comics 2016'', [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]], 2016.

==Exhibitions==
* ''Orange Sanguine'' (drawings and dolls), The Crying Room, Vancouver, BC, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=ORANGE SANGUINE new dolls and drawings by GENEVIEVE CASTREE |url=http://www.thecryingroom.org/exhibition-pages/25_genevieve.html |website=the crying room |access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Deviate'' (with Allison Cole), Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=LA - "Deviate" (04/15/06 - 05/07/06) |url=https://hustlerofculture.typepad.com/me_we/art/ |website=Hustler of Culture |access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Masques'', Book Gallery Popotame, Tokyo, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=TAB Event - Genevieve Castree Exhibition Book Gallery Popotame |url=http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2007/6CDA.en |website=Tokyo Art Beat |access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Geneviève Castrée : Drawings'', Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geneviève Castrée : Drawings |url=http://www.artnet.de/galerien/adam-baumgold-gallery/genevi%C3%A8ve-castr%C3%A9e-drawings/ |website=artnet |access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
*Pia-Anna Borneo Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland, March 28 - April 5, 2009.<ref name="Spring2008">{{citation |title=Bulletin Numero Deux|date=Spring 2009|last= Castrée|first=Geneviève}}</ref>
* ''Some Shit'', THANKY, Richmond, VA, April 3–27, 2009.<ref name="Spring2008"/>
* ''Débarrassée/Décomplexée'', Presspop Gallery/Book Gallery Popotame, Tokyo, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geneviève Castrée Solo Exhibit |url=http://www.presspop.com/gallery/genevieve-castree/ |website=Presspop |access-date=May 4, 2020 |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927130343/http://www.presspop.com/gallery/genevieve-castree/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Hivers'', Book Gallery Popotame, Tokyo, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Run, don't walk, to Tokyo |url=https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/blog/2013/02/run-dont-walk-tokyo |website=Drawn & Quarterly |access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Susceptible '', Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=We're Susceptible to Geneviève Castrée at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery! |url=http://fantagraphics.com/flog/were-susceptible-to-genevieve-castree-at-the-fantagraphics-bookstore-gallery/ |website=Fantagraphics |date=March 14, 2013 |access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Forest of Suicides'' (group show), Galeria de Muerte, Tokyo, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=TAB Event - Forest of Suicides |url=http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2013/9D35.en |website=Tokyo Artbeat |access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Drawn & Quarterly 25th'' (group show), Galerie Martel, Paris, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drawn & Quarterly 25th Exhibit in Paris |url=https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/event/2016/01/drawn-quarterly-25th-exhibit-paris |website=Drawn & Quarterly}}</ref>
* ''A Bubble'', Editions de la Pasteque, Montreal, QC, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Genevieve Castree exhibit in Montreal |url=https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/event/2018/05/genevieve-castree-exhibit-montreal |website=Drawn & Quarterly |access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref>
* ''This is Serious'' (group show), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=This is Serious" exhibit at the Art Gallery of Hamilton |url=https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/event/2019/06/serious-exhibit-art-gallery-hamilton |website=Drawn & Quarterly |access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Woelv releases===
* ''Pamplemoussi'' (as Geneviève Castrée), LP and book, [[L'Oie de Cravan]], 2004.
* ''Gris'', CD-EP/10" record, P.W. Elverum & Sun, 2006.
* ''Le niveau de la mer/Bête à Cheval'', 7" record, [[K Records]], 2007.
* ''Tout Seul Dans La Forêt En Plein Jour, Avez-vous Peur?'', CD/LP and book, [[K Records]], 2007

===Woelv compilation appearances===
* ''Le Béluga'' on ''Trust In Sirens: What The Heck Fest 2004'', CD, Kelp Monthly, 2004.
* ''Réconciliation'' on ''Flotsam and Jetsam: What The Heck Fest 2005'', CD, Kelp Monthly, 2005.
* ''Le Déserteur'' ([[Boris Vian]]) on ''Free The Bird: What The Heck Fest 2006'', CD, Kelp Monthly, 2006.

===Ô Paon releases===
* ''a)b)c)d)e)'', 7" record, TAUS 001 Disques Ô Paon, 2009.
* ''Courses'', CD/LP, TAUS 003 Disques Ô Paon, 2010.
* ''Quatorze/Quinze Ans'', 10" record, TAUS 004 Disques Ô Paon, 2013.
* ''Fleuve'', LP, TAUS 005 Disques Ô Paon, 2015.

===Ô Paon compilation appearances===
* ''Raffinerie'' on ''What The Heck Fest 2007'', CD, Charming Tedious, 2007
* ''Les Cerfs-Volants'' on ''The Second Marriage Compilation'', CD, [[Marriage Records]], 2007.
* ''Le Retour'' on ''No Band Is An Island'', CD, Knw-Yr-Own, 2008.
* ''Nunavik'' on ''Songs For The Arctic Ocean'', digital, Beat is Murder Records, 2009.
* ''Certitude'' ([[D+ (band)|D+]]) on ''What The Heck?'', CD, Knw-Yr-Own, 2009.
* ''Films Americains'' on ''Yeti Ten'', CD and magazine, [[Yeti (magazine)|Yeti]], 2010.
* ''Evolution (alternative version)'' on ''Resume vol. 2'', digital, 7 e.p., 2011.

===Collaborations and appearances===
* ''Welcome Nowhere'' by [[Adrian Orange|Thanksgiving]], LP, P.W. Elverum & Sun, 2004.
* ''[[No Flashlight]]'' by [[Mount Eerie]], CD/LP, P.W. Elverum & Sun, 2005.
* ''The Watery Graves of Portland and/et Geneviève'' with The Watery Graves of Portland, CD/LP, [[Marriage Records]], 2007.
* ''[[Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7|Mount Eerie Pts. 6 & 7]]'' by [[Mount Eerie]], 10" record and book, P.W. Elverum & Sun, 2007.
* ''Karl & Geneviève'', with [[Karl Blau]], 7" record, TAUS 002, Disques Ô Paon, 2011.
* ''[[Clear Moon]]'' by [[Mount Eerie]], LP, P.W. Elverum & Sun, 2012.
* ''Already Drowning'' by [[Aidan Baker]], CD/LP, Gizeh Records, 2013.
* ''[[Sauna (Mount Eerie album)|Sauna]]'' by [[Mount Eerie]], LP, P.W. Elverum & Sun, 2015.

== References ==

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==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[https://www.pwelverumandsun.com/genevieve P.W. Elverum & Sun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527044425/https://www.pwelverumandsun.com/genevieve |date=May 27, 2020 }} (current official store for Geneviève's books and music)
*[http://www.opaon.ca Ô Paon official website] (no longer updated)
*[https://opaon.bandcamp.com/ Ô Paon at Bandcamp]
*[https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/author/genevieve-castree Geneviève Castrée at Drawn & Quarterly]
*Naomi Fry, [http://www.tcj.com/the-genevieve-castree-interview/ The Geneviève Castrée Interview], ''The Comics Journal'', April 17, 2013
*Jasmine Alberton, [https://kexp.org/read/2019/3/28/beyond-crow-looking-he-life-and-works-genevieve-castree/ Beyond A Crow: Looking at the Life and Works of Geneviève Castrée], [[KEXP|KEXP.org]], March 28, 2019
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Phil Elverum

2025-05-10T14:50:37Z

12.75.127.1: /* Early and personal life */

{{Short description|American musician and songwriter (born 1978)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Phil Elverum
| image = Phil Elverum green shirt cropped.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Philip Whitman Elvrum
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|5|26}}
| birth_place = [[Anacortes, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{Marriage|[[Geneviève Castrée]]|2004|2016|end=d}}
* {{Marriage|[[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]]|2018|2019|end=div}}
}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Indie rock]]
*[[folk music|folk]]
*[[experimental music|experimental]]
*[[electronic music|electronic]]}}
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
*Musician
*songwriter
}}
| instrument = {{Flatlist|
*Vocals
*guitars
*bass
*piano
*organ
*keyboards
*drums
*percussion
*[[alpenhorn]]}}
| years_active = 1996–present
| current_member_of = {{Hlist|[[D+ (band)|D+]]|[[The Microphones]]|[[Mount Eerie]]
}}
| past_member_of = [[Old Time Relijun]]
| website = {{URL|pwelverumandsun.com}}
}}

'''Philip Whitman Elverum''' ({{Né|'''Elvrum'''}};<ref>{{cite web|url= http://magnetmagazine.com/2018/05/22/mount-eerie-songs-pain-devotion/|title= MOUNT EERIE: SONGS OF PAIN AND DEVOTION|date= May 22, 2018|publisher= Magnet Magazine|access-date= July 15, 2020|archive-date= October 26, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191026172349/http://magnetmagazine.com/2018/05/22/mount-eerie-songs-pain-devotion/|url-status= live}}</ref> born May 26, 1978)<ref name="familysearch">{{cite web |title=Phillip W Elvrum |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJLC-CWV7 |website=FamilySearch |publisher=United States Public Records, 1970-2009 |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> is an American musician and songwriter known for his [[Independent music|indie]] bands [[the Microphones]] and [[Mount Eerie]]. Based in [[Anacortes, Washington]], in the mid-2000s he began to spell his surname Elvrum as "Elverum".

==Early and personal life==
[[File:The Track House.jpg|thumb|The Track House as seen in 2010]]
[[File:Phil Elverum, Geneviève Castrée (retouch).jpg|thumb|Elverum and Castrée, his wife of 12 years, playing together in 2006]]
Phil Elverum was born on May 26, 1978, in Anacortes, Washington.<ref name="familysearch" /><ref name=exclaim /><ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/pwelverum|work=Pwelverumandsun.com|title=Biography of Phil Elverum|last=Elverum|first=Phil|date=August 31, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190608082856/http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/pwelverum|archive-date=June 8, 2019|quote =I was born in 1978. I am from Anacortes, Washington...}}</ref> Growing up, Elverum's father regularly made mixtapes for him and his sister. He soon started to play the tuba but after three years moved onto drums.<ref name=exclaim>{{cite magazine|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/microphones_mount_eerie_and_melancholy_the_career_of_phil_elverum|magazine=[[Exclaim!]]|title=Microphones, Mount Eerie and Melancholy: The Career of Phil Elverum|last=Gormley|first=Ian|date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190608083338/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/microphones_mount_eerie_and_melancholy_the_career_of_phil_elverum|archive-date=June 8, 2019|access-date=June 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> At age 14, he started his own band "Nubert Circus", playing the drums and writing lyrics.<ref name=exclaim /> Elverum attended Anacortes High School.<ref name="jesse">{{cite news|url=https://jessestoddard.com/life-high-school-interview-phil-elverum/|title=Life After High School: Interview with Phil Elverum|website=Jesse Stoddard|last=Stoddard|first=Jesse|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-date=February 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229175835/https://jessestoddard.com/life-high-school-interview-phil-elverum/|url-status=live}}</ref> After graduating, he traveled across Canada with his then-girlfriend.<ref name="jesse" /> In the summer of 1997, during his "punk rock experience", he moved to [[Olympia, Washington]], where he lived until 2002.<ref name="jesse" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|last=Bemis|first=Alec Hanley|date=March 11, 2008|title="Die in Anacortes": Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 4 of 4|url=https://www.laweekly.com/die-in-anacortes-phil-elverum-aka-the-microphones-aka-mt-eerie-interviewed-part-4-of-4/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913103338/https://www.laweekly.com/die-in-anacortes-phil-elverum-aka-the-microphones-aka-mt-eerie-interviewed-part-4-of-4/|archive-date=September 13, 2020|access-date=September 13, 2020|website=[[LA Weekly]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Elverum briefly attended [[Evergreen State College]].<ref name="jesse" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://freewilliamsburg.com/july_2002/phil/philstory.html|title=A Conversation with Phil Elverum|work=freewilliamsburg.com|access-date=February 29, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608083539/http://freewilliamsburg.com/july_2002/phil/philstory.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He expressed little interest in college, favoring the music scene, although he remained a relative unknown. Elverum would later cite the music scene as the reason he moved.<ref name=":9" /> Elverum's primary source of income was music, performing small tours.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=Howe|first=Brian|date=May 13, 2008|title=Microphones|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6849-microphones/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005223007/https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6849-microphones/|archive-date=October 5, 2019|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|language=en}}</ref>

In his adolescence, Elverum worked at Anacortes-based record store The Business where he would record music in the backroom after hours.<ref name="jesse" /> During his time there, he met [[Beat Happening]] member [[Bret Lunsford]] who offered him a job as the drummer of the band [[D+ (band)|D+]] alongside [[Karl Blau]].<ref name=exclaim /> While living in Olympia, he would periodically return when low on money.<ref name=":9" /> Elverum described his time at The Business as his "entry point to [[alternative music]]", noting how it helped him become immersed in the scene.<ref name=":10" /> Also during his adolescence, Elverum expressed a desire to become a filmmaker, frequently making movies with his friends and screening them at a coffee shop.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=May 3, 2012|title=5 (+ several more) Questions with Phil Elverum|url=https://www.firstorderhistorians.com/2012/05/03/5-several-more-questions-with-phil-elverum/|access-date=July 5, 2020|website=First Order Historians|archive-date=August 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830111630/https://www.firstorderhistorians.com/2012/05/03/5-several-more-questions-with-phil-elverum/|url-status=live}}</ref>

By January 2000, he was living at the "legendary Track House", after living in various other houses, such as the "House Of Doom" in [[Quincy, Washington]], which was according to Elverum, "Legitimately haunted. Raccoons and rats would eat your food right off the shelf. Poison barrels buried in the yard."<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Woulfe|first=Chris|date=February 17, 2016|title=The Storied History of Olympia's Track House|url=https://imposemagazine.com/features/track-house-olympia-wa|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703145953/http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/track-house-olympia-wa|archive-date=July 3, 2016|access-date=August 8, 2020|website=IMPOSE Magazine|language=en}}</ref> A black house surrounded by forests, the Track House was used by prominent independent musicians in the Olympia music scene.<ref name=":3" /> In his free time, Elverum would record music across the street at Dub Narcotic Studio and volunteer at the local food [[Cooperative|co-op]].<ref name=":2" /> Elverum moved out of the Track House by 2002.<ref name=":3" />

In 2002, Elverum spent a winter in northern [[Norway]], two hours from [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]]. He kept a log of his time there which became ''Dawn: Winter Journal'' and the songs composed for ''[[Dawn (Mount Eerie album)|Dawn]]''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Haver Currin|first=Grayson|date=August 7, 2020|title=An In-Depth Guide to the Microphones|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/microphones-guide|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808175629/https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/microphones-guide|archive-date=August 8, 2020|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=[[Bandcamp]]}}</ref> In 2003, Elverum met Canadian artist and musician [[Geneviève Castrée]] through mutual friends.<ref name="exclaim" /> The pair married on February 29, 2004.<ref name="jesse" /> They originally intended to move to Canada, but after searching for [[Domicile (law)|residency]] decided to remain in the United States, in the town of Anacortes, where they both would become influential in the local music scene, in particular the forming of the [[What The Heck Fest|What The Heck festival]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Clough|first=Rob|date=July 14, 2016|title=Geneviève Castrée: 1981–2016 {{!}}|url=http://www.tcj.com/genevieve-castree-1981-2016/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715153659/http://www.tcj.com/genevieve-castree-1981-2016/|archive-date=July 15, 2016|access-date=July 10, 2020|website=The Comics Journal|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="wtf">{{cite podcast|host=Marc Maron|title=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast – EPISODE 818 – MARK MULCAHY / PHIL ELVERUM|website=[[YouTube]]|date=June 8, 2017|time=26:00–28:30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrL0Z1ghZHM|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913103354/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrL0Z1ghZHM|url-status=live}}</ref> Castrée was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer following the birth of the couple's only child in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Phil Elverum Seeks Donations for Wife's Cancer Treatment|date=June 2, 2016 |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/65886-phil-elverum-seeks-donations-for-wifes-cancer-treatment/|access-date=January 28, 2017|publisher=Pitchfork.com|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128072516/http://pitchfork.com/news/65886-phil-elverum-seeks-donations-for-wifes-cancer-treatment/|url-status=live}}</ref> and died on July 9, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Geneviève Elverum Has Died|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/66697-genevieve-elverum-has-died/|access-date=January 28, 2017|magazine=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=July 10, 2016 |archive-date=January 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130042032/http://pitchfork.com/news/66697-genevieve-elverum-has-died/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=July 10, 2016|title=Geneviève Castrée, Artist Married to Phil Elverum, Has Died|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/07/phil-elverum-says-geneveive-castree-has-died/|access-date=January 28, 2017|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202044327/http://www.spin.com/2016/07/phil-elverum-says-geneveive-castree-has-died/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="p4k2">{{cite magazine|last1=Monroe|first1=Jazz|title=Phil Elverum Seeks Donations for Wife's Cancer Treatment|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/65886-phil-elverum-seeks-donations-for-wifes-cancer-treatment/|magazine=Pitchfork|access-date=July 10, 2016|archive-date=July 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708134229/http://pitchfork.com/news/65886-phil-elverum-seeks-donations-for-wifes-cancer-treatment/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Pfork">{{cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Jayson|date=November 12, 2019|title=Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum Starts Over, Again|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/mount-eerie-phil-elverum-lost-wisdom-pt-2-interview/|magazine=Pitchfork|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120170330/https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/mount-eerie-phil-elverum-lost-wisdom-pt-2-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Elverum married actress [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]] in July 2018 in a private ceremony in the Adirondacks.<ref>{{cite web|title='I Never Gave Up on Love': Michelle Williams on Her Very Private Wedding and Very Public Fight for Equal Pay|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/michelle-williams-marriage-wedding-equal-pay|access-date=December 26, 2018|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=July 26, 2018 |archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726182509/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/michelle-williams-marriage-wedding-equal-pay|url-status=live}}</ref> Around the same time, he moved from his long-time residence in Anacortes to Williams' home in [[Brooklyn]].<ref name="Pfork" /> The couple separated in January 2019, and filed for divorce in April 2019.<ref name="People">{{Cite web|last1=Jordan|first1=Julie|last2=Russian|first2=Ale|date=April 19, 2019|title=Michelle Williams and Husband Phil Elverum Split After Marrying Last Summer|url=https://people.com/movies/michelle-williams-husband-phil-elverum-split/|access-date=May 4, 2020|publisher=People|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612205302/https://people.com/movies/michelle-williams-husband-phil-elverum-split/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the split, Elverum moved back to Washington, after having lived in New York for about nine months.<ref name="Pfork" /> By November 2019, it was reported that they were no longer married.<ref name="Pfork" /> In 2020, Elverum, with help from his brother, was building a house off the coast of Anacortes. Elverum had previously intended to build the house with Castrée.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gotrich|first=Lars|date=August 6, 2020|title=Phil Elverum Returns To A Refuge As The Microphones|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/899325158/the-microphones-2020-phil-elverum-interview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811220011/https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/899325158/the-microphones-2020-phil-elverum-interview|archive-date=August 11, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|website=[[NPR]]|language=en}}</ref>

Elverum has described his parents as "mystical about nature", although these beliefs were not tied to a specific religion.<ref name="exclaim" /> In an interview from 2012, he stated that "a lot of the ideas that I’m trying to enunciate reflect a more or less [[Buddhist]] ideology. Even though I’m not Buddhist, at all, I come across these same ideas... I’m taking things from that tradition and reframing them in my world."<ref name="15questions">{{cite web|title=The man behind the mountain|url=https://15questions.net/interview/The%20man%20behind%20the%20mountain/page-2/|access-date=January 30, 2020|website=15questions|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913103340/https://15questions.net/interview/The%20man%20behind%20the%20mountain/page-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> Elverum has expressed disdain for religion in general.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|last=Parker|first=Bryan|date=June 11, 2012|title=It's Like Sculpting: An Interview with Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum|url=http://www.poppressinternational.com/2012/06/11/its-like-sculpting-an-interview-with-mount-eeries-phil-elverum/|access-date=September 13, 2020|website=Pop Press International}}</ref>

==Music career==
{{Main|The Microphones|Mount Eerie}}
[[File:Dub Narcotic Studio.jpg|thumb|Dub Narcotic Studio in 2013]]
Elverum is best known for having recorded and performed under the band names [[The Microphones]] (1996–2003, 2019–2022) and [[Mount Eerie]] (2003–present). While the projects are distinct, Elverum views them as "one progression" stating that his goal is to make a varying body of work with a cohesive theme running through it, although there is a "dividing line between pre-Geneviève dying and post-Geneviève dying".<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Klinge|first=Steven|date=May 22, 2018|title=Mount Eerie: Songs Of Pain And Devotion|url=http://magnetmagazine.com/2018/05/22/mount-eerie-songs-pain-devotion/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026172349/http://magnetmagazine.com/2018/05/22/mount-eerie-songs-pain-devotion/|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020|website=[[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He is known for his prolific recordings with both projects; in 2019, ''[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]'' reported that Elverum had created 40-plus albums.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hancox|first=Dan|date=March 17, 2019|title=How Phil Elverum's journey with grief led to inspiration for his music|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/how-phil-elverum-s-journey-with-grief-led-to-inspiration-for-his-music-1.837928|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913103340/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/how-phil-elverum-s-journey-with-grief-led-to-inspiration-for-his-music-1.837928|archive-date=September 13, 2020|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|language=en}}</ref> He uses mostly [[analog recording]] equipment and often works in his own studio spaces, where he has the time and freedom to experiment with sounds.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/features/mount-eerie/mount-eerie-phil-elverum-is-analog-in-a-digital-wo/67068/|title=Mount Eerie: Phil Elverum Is Analog In A Digital World - Prefixmag.com|first=Mike|last=Burr|date=July 12, 2012|magazine=Prefix|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406154344/http://www.prefixmag.com/features/mount-eerie/mount-eerie-phil-elverum-is-analog-in-a-digital-wo/67068/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, Elverum created the label P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.,<ref>{{cite web|title=P.W. Elverum & Sun|url=http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/|publisher=Phil Elverum & Sun|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512173956/http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> through which he has released records by Mount Eerie and The Microphones, as well as The Spectacle, [[Thanksgiving (band)|Thanksgiving]], [[Woelv]], [[P:ano|Nicholas Krgovich]], Key Losers and Wyrd Visions. Prior to this, he was closely linked to [[K Records]], working with artists like [[Mirah]], [[Kyle Field (musician)|Kyle Field]], [[Karl Blau]], [[Calvin Johnson (musician)|Calvin Johnson]] and [[The Blow]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last1=Porter|first1=Christa|last2=Porter|first2=Richard|date=March 19, 2018|title=An Interview With Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie|url=https://www.liveineverett.com/blog//an-interview-with-phil-elverum-of-mount-eeriethe-microphones|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607132330/https://www.liveineverett.com/blog//an-interview-with-phil-elverum-of-mount-eeriethe-microphones|archive-date=June 7, 2020|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=Live in Everett|language=en-US}}</ref> Though influenced by the sense of community, his releases from that time were primarily made by himself.<ref name=":6" /> Elverum personally prints, packages, and ships his own vinyl and merchandise.<ref name=":6" /> He explained his reasoning for doing so as wanting to "understand the process holistically, and then maybe grow into more complex forms of organization later."<ref name=":11" /> Elverum also creates all of the visual art for his musical releases.<ref name=":6" /> In 2012, he helped establish a studio and venue called "The Unknown" at a disused church in his hometown of Anacortes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anacortesunknown.com/|title=the UNKNOWN|publisher=Anacortesunknown.com|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=May 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514053907/http://www.anacortesunknown.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Elverum has also performed with other bands, worked as a [[Record producer|producer]] for other artists, and released music under different names. In 1996, he joined [[D+ (band)|D+]] as the drummer. That same year, Elverum released a cassette under the title ''X-Ray Means Woman''. In 1998, he became the drummer for [[Old Time Relijun]], a position he held until 2002. In 2000, Elverum produced Mirah's debut, ''[[You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This|You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This]]''. He went on to produce her next three records as well as performing on ''[[The Old Days Feeling]]''. His production credits would extend to 2004 when he produced [[Adrian Orange]]'s ''Thanksgiving'' and Castrée's ''Pamplemoussi''. Castrée's next album was also created with Elverum's involvement.<ref name="exclaim" />

His musical influences include [[Eric's Trip]], [[Will Oldham]], [[Björk]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Popol Vuh (band)|Popol Vuh]], [[Sunn O)))]], [[Angelo Badalamenti]], [[Tori Amos]], [[The Cranberries]], [[Sinéad O'Connor]], [[Red House Painters]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[This Mortal Coil]] and [[Stereolab]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Elverum |first=Phil |date=January 11, 2018 |title=Entry Level: Phil Elverum's Inner Battle With Black Metal |url=http://www.invisibleoranges.com/entry-level-phil-elverum/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529130635/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/entry-level-phil-elverum/ |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |access-date=May 30, 2018 |website=[[Invisible Oranges]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Home – WRIR 97.3 fm – Richmond Independent Radio|publisher=[[WRIR]]|url=http://wrir.org/index.php?/blog/entry/8223/|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913103341/https://www.wrir.org/?%2Fblog%2Fentry%2F8223%2F|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> Both Eric's Trip and Stereolab, in particular, were important to Elverum. A self-described fan of Eric's Trip, he has called [[Julie Doiron]] his favourite singer and stated that meeting and playing shows with her<ref>[https://julie-doiron.com/ ''Confer'' "Biography", Julie Doiron official web site]</ref> "was a dream come true."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=July 30, 2009|title=Mount Eerie|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/8491-5-10-15-20-mount-eerie/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710060140/http://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/8491-5-10-15-20-mount-eerie/|archive-date=July 10, 2017|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rodriguez|first=Krystal|date=September 25, 2019|title=Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron announce new album, Lost Wisdom Pt. 2|url=https://www.factmag.com/2019/09/25/mount-eerie-and-julie-doiron-announce-new-album-lost-wisdom-pt-2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417023552/https://www.factmag.com/2019/09/25/mount-eerie-and-julie-doiron-announce-new-album-lost-wisdom-pt-2/|archive-date=April 17, 2020|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He toured as Mount Eerie with Doiron in 2019.<ref>[https://www.bandsintown.com/e/101438533?affil_code=js_julie-doiron.com&app_id=js_julie-doiron.com&came_from=242 Doiron's official web site : julie-doiron.com AND ]</ref>
He also recalled how he would send fan mail to the band.<ref name=":8" /> In the song "Microphones in 2020", he described seeing Stereolab perform "one chord for fifteen minutes" in a show at [[Bellingham, Washington]], and stating that "something in me shifted" and that "I brought home belief that I could create eternity."<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7BkabF31ak|title=the Microphones – Microphones in 2020|website=[[YouTube]] |date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808215019/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7BkabF31ak|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also called [[grunge]] a "formative influence."<ref name=":10" /> Elverum's non-music influences include zen poetry, specifically the work of [[Dōgen|Eihei Dōgen]] and [[Gary Snyder]].<ref name=":14" />

In a 2014 interview, Elverum discussed how he almost always composes songs as he records them, with songs created outside of a studio setting usually recorded not long afterward.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Mescher|first=Daniel|date=October 8, 2014|title=Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie: "Songs are evolving, living things"|url=https://www.cpr.org/2014/10/08/phil-elverum-of-mount-eerie-songs-are-evolving-living-things/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830111637/https://www.cpr.org/2014/10/08/phil-elverum-of-mount-eerie-songs-are-evolving-living-things/|archive-date=August 30, 2020|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=[[Colorado Public Radio]]|language=en}}</ref> In that same interview, he talked about his desire to record music that was "deep sounding enough that a listener could potentially inhabit the world of sound totally."<ref name=":5" />

Under both Mount Eerie and The Microphones, Elverum has recorded multiple versions of and sequels to his songs, such as demos or [[Pre-Human Ideas|auto-tuned re-recordings]] and [[Clear Moon|condensed albums]].<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=May|first=Thomas|date=October 25, 2012|title=The Quietus {{!}} Reviews {{!}} Mount Eerie|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/10487-mt-eeerie-clear-moon-review|access-date=July 21, 2020|website=[[The Quietus]]|language=en-us|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913103353/https://thequietus.com/articles/10487-mt-eeerie-clear-moon-review|url-status=live}}</ref> Common themes and motifs in his work include the Moon, humanity's relationship to nature and technology, health, relationships, [[Human condition|the human condition]], [[impermanence]], loneliness and the fleetingness of life,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Parker|first=Bryan|date=May 22, 2012|title=Album Review: Mount Eerie – Clear Moon|url=http://www.poppressinternational.com/2012/05/22/album-review-mount-eerie-clear-moon/|access-date=July 22, 2020|website=Pop Press International|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722013652/http://www.poppressinternational.com/2012/05/22/album-review-mount-eerie-clear-moon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanford|first=Ryan|date=March 16, 2018|title=Review: Mount Eerie – Now Only|url=https://www.slugmag.com/national-music-reviews/mount-eerie-now-only/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903194614/https://www.slugmag.com/national-music-reviews/mount-eerie-now-only/|archive-date=September 3, 2020|access-date=August 16, 2020|website=[[SLUG Magazine]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ransom|first=Brian|date=September 15, 2017|title=Staff Picks: Morphine, Martyrs, Microphones|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/09/15/staff-picks-3/|access-date=September 17, 2020|website=[[The Paris Review]]|language=en}}</ref> although he denies that any of his songs are about "sadness or isolation".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Surkan|first=Neil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ba1vDwAAQBAJ|title=On High|date=September 6, 2018|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-5546-4|language=en}}</ref> According to Elverum, nature within his work is "just the version of the world that I use to represent a neutral, non-human place where we're living out our weird adventures."<ref name=":14" /> Before meeting Castrée, his songs would be dictated by "whatever specific turmoil I was going through."<ref name="theatlantic2">{{cite web|last=Kornhaber|first=Spencer|date=March 14, 2017|title=The Pointlessness and Promise of Art After Death|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/03/mount-eerie-now-only-interview-phil-elverum/555485/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119214746/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/03/mount-eerie-now-only-interview-phil-elverum/555485/|archive-date=November 19, 2018|access-date=February 7, 2020|website=[[The Atlantic (magazine)|The Atlantic]]}}</ref> After meeting her, he became more withdrawn and intentionally chose not to discuss their relationship, until Mount Eerie's 2017 album ''[[A Crow Looked at Me]]'', which is centered around her death.<ref name="theatlantic2" />

== Artistry and reception ==
[[File:Phil Elverum, 2008 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Elverum performing in 2008]]
On the topic of his musical style, Elverum has said: "You can easily find out what my music sounds like. I will not try to describe it".<ref name="bio2">{{cite web|title=Biography of Phil Elverum|url=http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/pwelverum|last=Elverum|first=Phil|date=August 31, 2014|work=Pwelverumandsun.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190608082856/http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/pwelverum|archive-date=June 8, 2019|access-date=October 27, 2019}}</ref> He has, however, described the aesthetics of his music as an attempt to replicate "a dark presence in nature" found in shows such as ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview: Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum {{!}} The Village Voice|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/08/10/interview-mount-eeries-phil-elverum/|last=Miller|first=Michael E.|date=August 10, 2009|website=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914095440/https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/08/10/interview-mount-eeries-phil-elverum/|url-status=live}}</ref> Elverum's writing has been described as [[David Lynch|Lynchian]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Power|first=Ed|date=September 1, 2020|title=Interview: Phil Elverum on Microphones in 2020|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/interview-phil-elverum-on-microphones-in-2020-22826480|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=Hotpress}}</ref> Erin Vanderhoof of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' described Elverum's aesthetics as "acoustic...stripped-down and ponderous."<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|last=Vanderhoof|first=Erin|date=July 26, 2018|title=Meet Phil Elverum, Michelle Williams's New Husband|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/07/phil-elverum-michelle-williams-husband-marriage|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en-us}}</ref> Sam Lewis of ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]'' described it as "dreamlike, morbid and transcendent."<ref name=":14" /> Brea Acton noted that it "displays a fine balance between digital and analogue processes", with Elverum "drawing on digital techniques as a distancing mechanism as well as using it to enact intimacy."<ref name="Acton">{{cite thesis |last=Actom |first=Brea |date=2016 |title=Aspects of place in new folk music |type=Masters Research thesis |publisher=[[University of Melbourne]] |url=http://hdl.handle.net/11343/122906 |pages=1–84|hdl=11343/122906 |access-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref>

Elverum's music incorporates elements of [[Ambient Music|ambient]], [[Contemporary folk music|folk]], and [[black metal]].<ref name="Heather" /> Despite this, Elverum's music has also been said to elude an exact genre.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baker|first=Brady|date=September 13, 2009|title=Interview: Phil Elverum|url=https://spectrumculture.com/2009/09/13/interview-phil-elverum/|access-date=September 13, 2020|website=Spectrum Culture|language=en-US}}</ref> His songs frequently "alternate and shift", "transitioning from beautifully delicate melodies to pounding, fuzzy riffs".<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Sam|date=May 8, 2013|title=Mount Eerie: "Things have changed a lot. My first tour was booked by telephone" {{!}} Interview {{!}} The Skinny|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/new-old-space-mount-eeries-phil-elverum-in-interview|access-date=September 19, 2020|website=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|language=en}}</ref> They also frequently feature "skittering rhythms" and the "merging of drum machines".<ref name=":13" /> His lyrics have been described as "confessional", "sparse", "tersely poetic" and "conversational", his singing "speak-sing" and his storytelling "free-flowing."<ref name="Heather">{{cite web|title=Mount Eerie|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mount-eerie-mn0000517078/biography|last=Phares|first=Heather|website=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=January 30, 2020|archive-date=February 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229054130/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mount-eerie-mn0000517078/biography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Eric Hill">{{cite web|title=An Essential Guide to Mount Eerie, the Microphones and the World of Phil Elverum|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/an_essential_guide_to_mount_eerie_the_microphones_and_the_world_of_phil_elverum|last=Hill|first=Eric|date=March 27, 2017|website=[[Exclaim]]|access-date=January 30, 2020|archive-date=September 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916132951/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/an_essential_guide_to_mount_eerie_the_microphones_and_the_world_of_phil_elverum|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="flypaper">{{cite web|title=3 Things We Can Learn About Song Making from Phil Elverum|url=https://flypaper.soundfly.com/write/3-things-we-can-learn-about-song-making-from-phil-elverum/|last=Laitman|first=Rachel|date=November 10, 2015|website=flypaper|access-date=January 30, 2020|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717074119/http://flypaper.soundfly.com/write/3-things-we-can-learn-about-song-making-from-phil-elverum/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[The Believer (magazine)|The Believer]]'' magazine described his work as "delicately sparse or layered and noisy, often in the same song. Lyrically, he focuses on memory, first-person storytelling, myth, naturalism, the everyday as sacred, and sense of place (in and out of [[Washington (state)|Washington state]])".<ref>{{Cite web|title=An interview with Phil Elverum|url=https://believermag.com/an-interview-with-phil-elverum/|last=Stosuy|first=Brandon|date=July 1, 2009|website=[[Believer Magazine]]|language=en-US|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=November 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114132720/https://believermag.com/an-interview-with-phil-elverum/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' described it as "fairly subdued yet intense and solipsistic, with a kind of American transcendentalist aesthetic ([[Ralph Waldo Emerson|Emerson]], [[Henry David Thoreau|Thoreau]], [[Walt Whitman|Whitman]]) combined with a distinctly Pacific Northwest naturalist mysticism."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Carl|date=March 19, 2018|title=Mount Eerie's Haunting New Album Explores the Stages of Grief That Come After "Acceptance"|url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/mount-eeries-new-album-now-only-reviewed.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612220513/https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/mount-eeries-new-album-now-only-reviewed.html|archive-date=June 12, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|language=en}}</ref> Todd Van Luling of ''[[HuffPost]]'' noted that despite Elverum's "noise experimentation", "the cores of the songs are still straightforwardly affecting."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Luling|first=Todd Van|date=June 2, 2015|title=How To Be A Mountain Within A Brutal American Culture: An Interview With Phil Elverum|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/phil-elverum-interview_n_6516228?ri18n=true|access-date=September 19, 2020|website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref>

Elverum's style has been praised for its personal and grounded nature. Rachel Laitman wrote: "The effectiveness of Elverum’s style reminds us about the injury, and profound misunderstanding, incurred when we put the form of expression called singing in a box."<ref name="flypaper" /> Under both The Microphones and Mount Eerie, "Elverum has been instrumental in shaping the landscape of current [[indie rock]]."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sackllah|first=David|date=March 13, 2017|title=Album Review: Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/03/album-review-mount-eerie-a-crow-looked-at-me/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411040152/https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/03/album-review-mount-eerie-a-crow-looked-at-me/|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=August 14, 2020|website=[[Consequence of Sound]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Isabel Zacharias claimed that Elverum, "to a pocket of Pacific Northwesterners, is more folkloric deity than musician" with his releases under The Microphones propelling him to "indie-god status".<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|last=Zacharias|first=Isabel|date=April 18, 2017|title=Mt. Eerie's Phil Elverum Faces the Reality of Death at Mississippi Studios|url=https://www.wweek.com/music/2017/04/18/mt-eeries-phil-elverum-faces-the-reality-of-death-at-mississippi-studios/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707125015/http://www.wweek.com/music/2017/04/18/mt-eeries-phil-elverum-faces-the-reality-of-death-at-mississippi-studios/|archive-date=July 7, 2017|access-date=September 13, 2020|website=[[Willamette Week]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Visual art and other work==
[[File:Phil_Elverum,_Photo.jpg|thumb|right|An example of Elverum's photography]]
Elverum is also known for his artwork and photography. Early in his career, he produced limited-run [[fanzines]] and song booklets which were sold during Microphones tours. Since establishing P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd., he began to experiment with [[letterpress]] printing and other elaborate packaging ideas for his releases.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bangback.com/print-crush/phil-elvrum-print-pioneer-of-the-pacific-northwest/ |title=Phil Elverum: Print Pioneer of the Pacific Northwest | Bangback |website=www.bangback.com |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331005652/http://www.bangback.com/print-crush/phil-elvrum-print-pioneer-of-the-pacific-northwest/ |archive-date=March 31, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, he published a hardcover book of film photography with a 10" picture disc titled ''[[Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7]]''.

In 2009, Elverum hosted his first art show, ''In Dreams'', at [[Stumptown Coffee]] in [[Portland, Oregon]]. The exhibition consisted of landscapes Elverum photographed in Norway, France, and rural Washington, using antique cameras and expired film.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Grave Architecture|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/grave-architecture/Content?oid=1327986|last=Motley|first=John|date=April 30, 2009|website=Portland Mercury|language=en|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910112700/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/grave-architecture/Content?oid=1327986|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, Elverum released ''Dust'', a book of digital photography bound in stamped linen. He sells large-scale photographic prints and ink paintings through his online store.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Art Store at P.W. Elverum & Sun |url=https://www.pwelverumandsun.com/artstore |website=P.W. Elverum & Sun |access-date=May 4, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420062222/https://www.pwelverumandsun.com/artstore |url-status=live }}</ref> His album ''[[Microphones in 2020]]'' was accompanied by a lyric video consisting of over 800 photos.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Conor|date=August 7, 2020|title=Phil Elverum in 2020|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/phil-elverum-the-microphones-in-2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807215222/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/phil-elverum-the-microphones-in-2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020, Elverum stated that he was working on an art book of Castrée's unpublished work.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Rosenthal|first1=Jon|title=An interview with Phil Elverum on The Microphones' first album in 17 years|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/an-interview-with-phil-elverum-on-the-microphones-first-album-in-17-years/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807133304/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/an-interview-with-phil-elverum-on-the-microphones-first-album-in-17-years/|date=August 7, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|access-date=August 8, 2020|website=[[BrooklynVegan]]|language=en}}</ref>

In 2001, while on tour, Elverum wrote a "paper opera" play<ref>[https://issuu.com/fmart/docs/death_mag_1_pb_web_issuu2 ''Death: a magazine for the enthusiast and non-enthusiast alike'', #1]</ref> as part of a magazine centering around the theme of death.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sweet thunder microphones interview|url=http://sweetthunder.org/microphones/index.html|date=August 8, 2001|website=sweetthunder.org|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-date=August 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827191721/http://sweetthunder.org/microphones/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, he created a 365-day comic calendar titled ''Fancy People Adventures'', which was later syndicated by music website [[Tiny Mix Tapes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/tmt-comics/fancy-people-adventures/|title=Fancy People Adventures|publisher=Tinymixtapes.com|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214165916/https://www.tinymixtapes.com/tmt-comics/fancy-people-adventures|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, after finishing his eighth studio album as Mount Eerie, Elverum created a book about Anacortes, Washington.<ref name="pitchfork_profile">{{cite web|title=Death Is Real: Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum Copes With Unspeakable Tragedy|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/profile/10034-death-is-real-mount-eeries-phil-elverum-copes-with-unspeakable-tragedy/|last1=Greene|first1=Jayson|date=March 13, 2017|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=November 19, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119214321/https://pitchfork.com/features/profile/10034-death-is-real-mount-eeries-phil-elverum-copes-with-unspeakable-tragedy/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Elverum has also experimented with filmmaking, producing background visuals for his shows (released as a limited-edition DVD entitled ''Fog Movies'') and promotional videos for several Mount Eerie songs.<ref name=":6" /> He has stated that he does wish to one day make movies, viewing them as the "ultimate art form" and as such the culmination of his creativity.<ref name=":1" />

==Discography==
{{main list|Mount Eerie|The Microphones}}

=== The Microphones ===
*''[[Don't Wake Me Up (album)|Don't Wake Me Up]]'' (1999)
*''[[It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water]]'' (2000)
*''[[The Glow Pt. 2]]'' (2001)
*''[[Mount Eerie (album)|Mount Eerie]]'' (2003)
*''[[Microphones in 2020]]'' (2020)

=== Mount Eerie ===
*''[["No Flashlight": Songs of the Fulfilled Night]]'' (2005)
*''[[Lost Wisdom]]'' (with [[Julie Doiron]] and Fred Squire) (2008)
*''[[Dawn (Mount Eerie album)|Dawn]]'' (2008)
*''[[Wind's Poem]]'' (2009)
*''[[Clear Moon]]'' (2012)
*''[[Ocean Roar (album)|Ocean Roar]]'' (2012)
*''[[Sauna (Mount Eerie album)|Sauna]]'' (2015)
*''[[A Crow Looked at Me]]'' (2017)
*''[[Now Only]]'' (2018)
*''[[Lost Wisdom pt. 2]]'' (with Julie Doiron) (2019)
*''[[Night Palace]]'' (2024)

=== D+ ===
* ''D+'' (1997)
*''[[Dandelion Seeds]]'' (1998)
*''Mistake'' (2002)
*''Deception Pass'' (2003)
*''No Mystery'' (2006)
*''On Purpose'' (2008)
*''What Is Doubt For?'' (2008)
*''Destroy Before Listening'' (2018)

===Phil Elverum===
*''The Fidalgo Island Beautiful Issue #5 1/2'' (2007)
*''Ditherer'' (2007)
*''Weary Engine Blues'' (2013)

===Other projects===
*Mostly Clouds and Trees – ''Beautiful Face'' (1996)
*Tugboat – ''The Tugboat Fiasco'' (1996)
*X-Ray Means Woman – ''Face Shapes'' (1996)
*Old Time Relijun – ''[[Witchcraft Rebellion]]'' (2001)
*Peace – ''On Earth'' (2007)
*DJ Microphone – ''The Fidalgo Island Beautiful Issue #5 1/2'' (2007)
*Mirah – ''[[(a)spera]]'' (2008)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/ P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191025150440/http://www.fancypeopleadventures.com/ Fancy People Adventures]
*[http://www.krecs.com/ K Records]

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