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''Dawn'', also known as ''Dawn: Winter Journal'', is the third full-length album 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 officially released November 1, 2008 on P. W. Elverum & Sun.


Recording and release

The songs were all written by
Phil Elverum Philip Whitman Elverum (; born May 26, 1978) 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 Elv ...
during the winter of 2002–03, which he spent alone in a cabin in a remote part of Norway. The trip was inspired by a recent breakup and Elverum's growing disillusionment with the Bush administration. The album was released on CD concurrently with a 144-page hardcover book and 16 colour photo cards. The book includes Elverum's journal entries and drawings from his Norway trip. The book is bound in paper that gives the feeling of wood. The album was also released as just an LP packaged with Elverum self-portraits drawn from the reflection of a window in the cabin in Norway.


Music

Many of the songs appear on earlier releases 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. ...
. "Moon Sequel" is a follow-up to
The Microphones The Microphones were an American indie folk, indie rock, and experimental project from Olympia, Washington. The project was founded in 1996 and ended in 2003, with a short reunion following in 2007 and revivals in 2019 and 2020-22. Across ever ...
' song "The Moon", and it carries the same melody. The song "Voice in Headphones" (which also appears on ''
Lost Wisdom ''Lost Wisdom'' is the second studio album by Mount Eerie, with Canadian musicians Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire. It was released on October 7, 2008 on P. W. Elverum & Sun, less than a month before Elverum's next album under the Mount Eerie ...
'', released a month earlier) reprises the chorus from
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's song "Undo", over a different verse. Elverum had previously covered Björk's "
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" on the 2001
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album ''
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''. "The Dead of Night" was inspired by Elverum's experience with waking up during the night and the subsequent disorientation. He explained that the song is about the "idea of holding on to the memory of that mysterious black void while in the middle of the bright day."


Track listing


Personnel

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Phil Elverum Philip Whitman Elverum (; born May 26, 1978) 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 Elv ...
– vocals, guitar


References

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