Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue) , by The Microphones (Triple LP on K Records)

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Re-issued & Re-mastered with additional songs and materials. Limited to 2,000 LP copies.While “Lo-Fi” as a sub-genre has quietly dissipated into the great tape hiss of the ether, the Microphones continue to boldly expand and expound upon the possibilities of analog recording…both at home AND in a studio. The Glow Pt. 2, the third full length album by the Microphones for K and fifth
overall, is a sprawling 67-minute masterwork, a wonder of songwriting and alchemical engineering, certain to overtake last year’s acclaimed It Was Hot,We Stayed in the Water (KLP116) and earn Microphones the undisputed title of experimental pop’s Most Valuable Player. Phil Elvrum, the man behind the Microphones’ mask, continues to inspire awe with this genre-imploding
album. The Glow Pt. 2 is the complete package: impeccable songwriting laden with hooks, a widely varied palette of instrumentation, potent lyrical paintings, and interspersed sound tweaks which serve to lace everything together. Adopting the title from a song off of It Was Hot…, the theme of fire (all Microphones albums operate under a predominant theme), referred to as “The Glow”, stitches it’s way
subtly throughout the record. Trusty nylon-stringed acoustic guitar in tow, a journey in sound begins, treading across psychedelic landscapes and peering across hazy vistas offering panoramic views of intimate strummings, lilting harmonies, otherworldly cadences, overdriven amplifiers, and confounding sound experimentations. Humble and delicate pop songs bump up against heroic yearnings and in-the-red rockers, bookmarked between instrumental interludes. Horns, steel drums, and piano are new additions to the already advanced Microphones arsenal. And what is that subtle tone which pops up mysteriously between songs? Merely a recording of a tugboat, which actually manages to burrow its’ way through the fabric of each of the songs on the entire album, subconsciously sewing the music together via a common sound element. Astounding. Comparisons to the Elephant 6 collective firmly aside, The Glow Pt. 2 transcends psyche-pop and lo-fi tags to blossom as the most actualized and daring album of the Microphones’ young career.

40 songs: I Want Wind to Blow • the Glow Pt. 2 • the Moon • Headless Horseman • My Roots are Strong and Deep • instrumental • the Mansion •(something) • (something) • I’ll Not Contain You • the Gleam Pt. 2 • Map • You’ll Be In The Air • I Want To Be Cold • I Am Bored • I Felt My Size • Instrumental • I Felt Your Shape • Samurai Sword • My Warm Blood • Where Lies My Tarp? • I Felt My Size (acoustic) • I Hope You Wish You’d Die • I’m Like You, Tree • the Glow pt. 2 (sequel) • We’re Here to Listen • Sleepy Hollow • Lanterns • Map/Moon • the Glow pt. 2 (version) • I Want Wind to Blow (backwards) • instrumental (version) • the Moon (version) •Samurai Sword (version) • the Gleam pt. 2 (version) • My Roots...(version) • I Felt My Size (version) • My Warm Blood (humming) • You’ll Be In The Air (version) • the Moooon (version)

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