The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 ALBUM REVIEW
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15 years later, and the Microphones' The Glow Pt. 2 is still one of indie folk's most essential and ambitious records.
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FAV TRACKS: I WANT WIND TO BLOW, THE GLOW PT. 2, THE MOON, HEADLESS HORSEMAN, MY ROOTS ARE STRONG AND DEEP, MAP, YOU'LL BE IN THE AIR, I FELT MY SIZE, I FELT YOUR SHAPE, SAMURAI SWORD, I'LL NOT CONTAIN YOU
LEAST FAV TRACK: IT'S THE GLOW PT. 2, BITCH!
THE MICROPHONES - THE GLOW PT. 2 / 2001 / K / LO-FI, INDIE FOLK, EXPERIMENTAL FOLK, NOISE ROCK, AMBIENT
classic/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? - Hudba
what a cute elephant this will for sure not give me a breakdown!
Samurai sword? That sounds like a cool name for a song!
@@-thesignpainter9486 that song has woken me up a countless number of times after i decided some microphones wouldnt hurt before sleep
SILVA
SILVA
@@Janruzalem yo we all really live the same life don't we?
MY BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD flows harshly
MY HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART BEATS LOUDLY
MY CHEEEEEEEEEEEST STILL DRAWS BREATH,
stay with me. my blood.
suciedad no
HairyHog I was listening to that part going “how long is he gonna keep this going” lol
I ordered some microphones and mount eerie stuff a few years ago, and it literally had my name and address written by Phil by hand with like 12 stamps on it. I actually still have the box, just because I was so amazed at how he actually sent all his merch himself, and with so little technology involved. He could very easily streamline that process for very little cost, compared to the time it must take to write everything by hand and figure out the postage.
Just got an album from his label and everything you described happened to me, Phil is amazing
Phil is a god among mortals
The stamps he sends are actually from his grandfather’s collection. I’ve ordered 4 separate things from his label now and the 2 most recent packages didn’t have any stamps which was a little disappointing but as to be expected a collection can’t last forever! It is truly amazing though.
We need more people like Phil.
whered you buy it? wanted to buy the one phil offers on the spotify page but unfortunately they dont ship to my country
The droning noise at the end of The Glow Pt. 2 is the first noise at the beginning on Mount Eerie.
AdudenamedKemp and if you play Mount Eerie immediately after this it flows perfectly and sounds amazing
@@markwoollon shut the fuck up mark
Mark Woollon fuck you mark
Mark Woollon Who hurt you? Who needs to answer for this?
@@markwoollon dick
Can't wait for Phil's sequel rap album, "The Flow" pt. 2!
imagine phil over trap beats
@@yokaizinho lil peep
@@lykiethuy9161 First time in a while that a youtube comment has made me actually laugh out loud
Quadeca's new album is kinda like that!
@@nobodyburgen4594 maybe because peep once sampled the glow pt.2
holy shit he finally reviewed my all-time favorite album
@oliver dreyer fuck you, too! :)
What makes it so special?
@@kirinkwan7648 I'm trying to figure that out
It might not seem special at first, but there is something really magic going on in this album underneath the seemingly simple folk music. It took me a while for the album to click so just keep listening.
@@Zach-ic9ho Do you know what specifically makes it special. I listened to it again since, and I still don't get why people say it's so good
i dont like how aggressively you told us in the description your least fav track from the album was actually the title track, anthony
I honestly thought it was his least favorite for awhile and I couldn’t fathom it lol
@@dhard yes it's a joke
Hello nosgov
@@dhard alt alien is just kidding
@@dhard you're sounding just like Mark smh
If the Glow pt 2 is so good why isn’t there a pt 1?
There is lol
There is. It's in their early album It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water
More like if the Glow pt 2 is so good why isn't there a pt 3?
@@zackzallie8735 There is it’s on the glow pt 2 disc two
If there is a glow part 3 then why isn’t there a glow part 4
i hope phil and his family is ok. in all their despair.
@Oliver Dreyer what
@Oliver Dreyer rip
@Oliver Dreyer rip
i still can't listen to A Crow Looked at Me without breaking down in tears. It feels too personal that I feel wrong to even listen to it
@@spitgorge2021 what are you doing here
I think fantano would give this a 10 if it came out when he was reviewing albums
he did give it a 10 on his rate your music page so you’re absolutely right
most classic reviews he does are 10s to him
Well he said at the beginning of this video that this is one of his favourite albums of all time so yeah most likely he would have given it a 10
if you still read these, hope you know you succeeded in helping to continue building a following for this near perfect album
The Glow Pt. 2 already has a pretty decent following. It's one of those highly-regarded cult albums. I love the album btw, huge Phil Elverum fan, so not making fun of it by saying that
Wish he'd do a classic review of the Scott series. It doesn't get enough recognition.
Any other recommendations?
This album had a following long before Fantano reviewed it
@@Ignore14 ya that was worded really dumb, was speaking for myself being a +1 to the already established following lmao
The Moon is honestly the best track on the album, it's so harmonic with the acoustic layering and the kicking in of the synthesizer and the drums to give it a rushed type of feel. The sax kicking in during the chorus is just purely amazing. It definitely gives us the whole feel of where Phil's describing
Zach Gray Reviews i like the title track the most.
the gleam pt2 / map / you'll be in the air / i felt my size best songs like the album only gets better through time
ur fucking right brah. never heard anything like that track.
i need to give the rest of the songs a few more listens! my favorites are headless horseman, i felt your size, the moon, and instrumental.
I'm more of Gleam pt. 2 guy.
That "HELP GENEVIÈVE ELVERUM BATTLE CANCER" gofundme link is actually heartbreaking.
It's The Glow Pt. 2, Bitch! (ft. Lil Wayne) was such a weird track.
I must admit that this is an incredible masterpiece. One of the best albums of that decade. The depressing lyrics that describe depression so accurately and the creative instumentation that makes the album whole. I really wish more people listened to this album
One of the best albums EVER
@@kavajarrace the best album ever*
@@nicke.424 No, because the other Microphones albums are also the best albums ever, so
@@nicke.424 It Was Hot, Song Islands and Mount Eerie are all so amazing
@@kavajarrace damn straight. Mt eerie is a very close 2nd to the glow pt 2 imo
if you like phil.
i like u.
If u like phil
I like u phil
Long live Phil Elverum
😳
I was so obsessed with this record in college.
Jonathan Weaver I am in college, and I am obsessed with this record.
@@jarretttorres1733 way to go lmao
I'm in High school and i'm so obsessed with this album.
I’m a 3rd grader bumpin to this shit rn
@@jonahw5587 bruh just got home from my mom giving birth to me yesterday and this ish BANGS my guy
You can really tell this is his favorite album of all time
he just said on tiktok it was his favourite album of all time
@@FarazKhan-cc5ze can you give me a link? I don't have tik tok
@@FarazKhan-cc5ze he said it was his favorite indie folk album of all time actually
His favorite album is probably Madvillainy
@@very025 probably not
This album’s release was the most important thing to happen on September 11, 2001
?
Nah Jay-Z released The Blueprint, which would also make Kanye a known person. Without that album we wouldn’t have so many classics
The blueprint
@@very025 sad indie boy better
@@jameswatts2310 yep.
This album is so awesome. I love the album cover too, it really encapsulates the feeling of the album sonically. The sound of this album feels just like an elephant completely out of place in a never ending forest. The doubt and hopelessness as the elephant wonders through the forest, hitting every branch. It’s disorienting yet serene. It’s terrifying yet beautiful.
Anthony... this review is perfect (at least from my perspective). You've conveyed everything I've ever had to and wanted to say about this record. Thank you immensely.
You reviewed Godspeed you black emperor lift yr skinny fists 11 years after it's release soooooo
i desperately need a classic review of aphex twin's 'selected ambient works 85-92'
SAW II or Richard D James album would be better.
thedudeperson surely the original; it practically started the genre.
I hope you mean IDM and not ambient
Xtal!
THIS
The acoustic patterns on I Want Wind to Blow are so good I get jealous. And then the outro kicks in and it’s just as good. Damn him.
Man you put so much passion into this review, you described the album and it's themes perfectly.
This is definitely my favourite TND review.
I prefer To be kind, Rain Dogs or the Miley Cyrus one but this is definitely up there
@@featherycoffee1401 The TPAB one is my fav, so much in depth detail
Anthony, please review Al Qaeda.
Strong 9 out of 11
+rykori Indeed.
+rykori noooo hahaha too soon
+ArexYouxCereal It's never too soon.
holy shit! that was deep xD
I love how passionate you are in this review. Your points flow smoothly throughout and you describe everything in such incredible detail that does the album justice. Definitely one of my favourites reviews of yours
One thing that stood out to me about this album, are the middle tracks. After the first couple of tracks on the album, it goes into a streak of 1-2 minute tracks. I've listened to indie rock before, so I was prepared for these tracks to be unremarkable. Just ok songs that you forgot are on the album, till you look at the track list. But no, every single one of these tracks are unique, and had me in awe. This album truly is amazing.
Elliott smith- either/or
What're trying to say?
Fantastic album. RIP Elliott
meta name classic review request
I think of The Moon as like Holland, 1945 pumped up on steroids.
(Something) - 1 is so haunting, its the scariest sound ive ever heard. It gives me massive anxiety and goosebumps and I feel like everything around me will turn dark and decay and fall on me and id die
It’s been a couple years, but if you want a whole album of that deep and terrifying sub-bass sound, Earth 2 by Earth is pretty much an hour of the most sinister low-freq slow burners you’ll hear.
@@peytonwarren1936earth 2!!!!
SWANS THE GLOWING MAN
gotta wait till after classics week, fam
if he's ever going to do a swans record, he's going to Soundtracks. He gave it 5 stars on his RYM
+Troy Cope he already reviewed To Be Kind and he gave it a ten...
NO NONONONO YES
SWAAAAAAAAANS!!!
This album changed the way I viewed music, first song I ever learned on guitar was the moon and taught it to myself. So glad you reviewed this gem
I used to have a casette tape that had Tago Mago on one side and this album on the other, so these albums always seem related to me. The nostalgic power of this album is intense - especially My Roots... and The Moon, which were basically hymns to me in my high school years.
Spencer Moreland TAGO MAGO. Hell yeah
I Felt Your Shape is my favorite piece of poetry.
Lemon would probably agree he has a cover of it
@@Babslab2 melon*
This album has been one of my favorites for a very long time, and your review brought so much more depth to my understanding and experience with this record. I would have never gotten into this record had it not been for your review of Clear Moon a few years back, so I find it pretty appropriate for it to come full circle. Excellent job as always!
Classic review Illinoise by Sufjan
I saw the annotation up in the right corner and I nearly cried.
What did it say?
@@branson9271 supporting the GoFundMe for Phil's wife's cancer treatment, as this review came out before she passed and Phil wrote A Crow Looked at Me
@@blunder3917 aww :(
you mentioned not wanting this record to go unnoticed. because of you, I've found my favorite record for the 9 months. mission accomplished, fantano
0:43: “now-defunct”
*Microphones in 2020 has entered the chat*
I can still remember all those years ago, it only took me the opening twenty seconds to fall in love with this album. Beautiful, I appreciate the review, 'Tano, seems like you put a lot of thought into this one
Top 10 albums ever recorded
Yuuur
top 5 no cap
we need a classic review of Fevers and Mirrors
this album changed my life. its so emotional for me just hearing you talk about it makes me get choked up
I feel like I’m the only person i know that likes this type of music, i dont really have anyone to talk about this music with... and i love it so much!
Saaaaaame
We can chat
same...
SAME
Its hard to find people to talk about this album
Whos ready for the next microphones record?
SO HYPE
hello man from 4 months ago, I am writing to you on November, twenty-sixthth, two thousand and twenty.
the album is really cool.
Every time I hear that steamboat engine sound in this album I feel more and more hurt. This is one of the best records of all time. Everything about this album is imperfectly perfect.
This record essentially was a huge inspiration to both my music and photographic aesthetics today. Just so raw and amazing.
Thanks for introducing me to this album melon I’ve listened to it a bunch of times this month and I’d say it’s my third favourite album of all time at this point thank you so much
I just finished listening to this and jesus, it's such a weird and beautiful album. As always Fantano, thank you so much for showing us these amazing records we probably wouldn't have come across on our own.
22 and a bit years later, still incredible
i hope i get to see phil live someday, but i live in australia and he has literally performed here once (2023 october i believe..?)
Such a great review. I felt like I was one of only few who knew of this beautiful album, but this video & this comment section made me so happy to find out that others love them too
20 years later and this thing is still absolutely perfect.
DO A MODEST MOUSE CLASSIC REVIEW, LITERALLY ANY ALBUM!!!
@@markwoollon HEY!! fuck you.
i feel like people who like this album will also like Lonesome Crowded West. Sprawling lofi sad emo indie core
@@rashotcake6945 yep but i prefer The Moon & Antarctica. it's more layered and eclectic but still emotional in sound.
@@zackzallie8735 i find the rawer sound of LCW more appealing but i respect your opinion
@@rashotcake6945 i still love LCW tho. so its ok.
I love that you did this record. One of my favorites too.
If this album doesn't click for you try listening to "It Was Hot We Stayed In the Water". It's not the direct predecessor to this album but it is thematically, and this album really is an intentional sonic evolution from that one. And if it still doesn't click just try listening to each of the songs with intervals in between. It'll make a difference.
Anthony, have you heard the Song Exploder episode for "I Want Wind to Blow"? It has Phil breaking down the lyrics and instrumentation, really interesting.
I was watching your old thatistheplan videos last week, and I saw your cover of "I felt your shape" and since then I've listened to 3 of their albums and they are amaaaazing. Thank you Antwanthony for turning me on to these guys. I r8 your cover CALasic/10. decent singing performance with an amazing guitar piece. Truly the magnum opus of your youtube career.
touch grass
@@Calz20Videos what
@@user-cx2qf6iy5s I just realized the op is irony and now I feel stupid
If it wasn’t, however, my comment still stands
@@Calz20Videos Listening to three albums doesn't mean you can't be well adjusted and have a regular life. lol
@@mannyoftheeast3318 I was making a joke about how the comment is so entrenched in fantanoism that it’s a strain on the eyes to look at
duuuude. im glad you did a review of this album it has been my no. 1 album since the first time i heard it. There is just so much power and emotion that this record presents.
I come back to this album every once and while and always find something new to love. Ive gone through a phase of being obsessed with every song on this record. There's always so so much to get out of it and its always something I can revisit and get wowed by again
16:35 i totally feel you on that, i’ve done that with plenty of songs i’ve loved before. i did that for “there’ll be clouds tonight” off of don’t wake me up. i’ll check this out!!!
Will I enjoy this If I liked In The Aeroplane Over The Sea?
IMO this is way more dissonant and chaotic than NMH, but yeah, you're most likely gonna enjoy it, might just take a few more listens than ITAOTS.
FOr fucking sure, Lyrics are way less concrete, but its great stuff. Lo fi and varied, melodic songs
This has itaots vibes but it's got more of a foggy sad rainy day vibe and it's more abstract. Itaots is a lot more accessible than this
Dude if this is anything like ITAOTS I'm gonna fucking cum everywhere. One of my favourite albums.
This was the next album I listened to after I became completely enamored with In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. As soon as the first track started I could really tell that it was something way, way, way different than anything I had heard before. The melodies were amazing, the layered guitars were mesmerizing, the vocals sounded honest and familiar, as if it were a friend telling me a story. This album, if you love Aeroplane, will blow your mind.
I am also a huge music nerd (clearly not on your caliber), but I am overly excited that you went back and reviewed this album. Not only is it a good review, but you described it more or less perfectly. I first heard it in my mid teens (29 now) and it holds up as one of my personal favorites because of the very raw emotion behind it. There's almost this sort of bipolar element to it that I had yet to hear at that time and have truly heard since. "I felt your shape" and "you'll be in the air" will always be two of my favorite songs without question.
Great review yet again, rolo tony. This album means alot to me. kept me going a few times.
Found this album a week ago and listened dozens of times already. It’s so visceral and honest, absolutely beautiful.
Does the glow p 2 flow into mount eerie? The melody in I want wind to blow is heard in the opening track of it
Sean Spoletini Yeah! If you listen to Mount Eerie immediately after this it's a perfect transition and sounds extremely epic
palbo4 hahahahaha like 20 minutes of foghorn. Still agree though
I think the fog horn interludes on this album is the cherry on top, perfectly captures the pacific north west theme
I just had this 1 track you linked on low volume in the background the whole time. Got me hooked mate. Def gonna try it out
love ye Anthony
Elv(e)rum Worst to Best??
Contains a darkness in which I fail to pin down the source. Sweet lo-fi goodness. A complete willingness to the giving up of one’s power and control which is transferred into an inescapable faith and trust of the unknown, of fate and circumstance. incomparable folksy melodies which produce the feeling that comes with the struggle of young adulthood and growing up; the unstoppable force that is time, and completely giving into dominant concepts and forces as such, as if time is the bottomless pit of a lagoon, and Phil (along with the listener), is mindlessly jumping off the rocky ledge looming over this pit, without a moments hesitation. This album is the feeling of that first step.
Roxy Baby I think at this point he had known his wife had cancer and that’s where that sense of underlying fear and some sort of depression while still trying to keep levity while he can comes from
I listened to this for the first time when you announced this classic review and it changed everything about my songwriting.
Eddy Blau is my drummer and guitarist's dad and he helps us do recordings. Karl is their uncle. Really cool guys. I haven't met Phil yet but I just might today as he's in the studio we recorded in this week, his UNKNOWN studio in Anacortes.
Alex Eliason Did you meet him?
@@mishmashmush yes I've met him twice now actually. He's a really nice guy. I'm currently working as an intern at Unknown Recording Studio in Anacortes where he used to work, that's where I first met him when he was mixing his new album and then I met him again at a show where he played as The Microphones just before What The Heck Fest in July.
Anyone here after Microphones in 2020 was announced?
WAIT WHAT YOU’RE LYING THAT DIDNT HAPPEN
YOOOO YOURE NOR LYING THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED
I love this album so much thank you so much for introducing me to Phil music
I'm calling the microphones "Phil music" from now on
Thanks for reviewing this. This is the kind of music I've been looking for and you really helped me find it
I Want To Be Cold is so underrated
THIS
@@_Fug THIS
classic review of Since I Left You especially with the new Avalanches album coming out
I've been waiting ages for him to review that godly album
YES PLEASE
I'm wearing my microphones shirt while watching this, one of my all times favorites for sure
I love how about 90% of the comments on this video are about anything and everything EXCEPT the album Anthony reviewed here :P
AHHHHH he finally reviewed it. One of my favorite albums and the first album that really got me into Phil's work
Melon, I don't watch your reviews besides when I'm bored looking for new albums, but this one had so much passion & dedication poured into it. I watched this after hearing the whole album for the first time and your attention to detail on the atmosphere the sound creates was so accurate. Gonna give this vid a 2/2 (get it, cuz YT likes are binary?)
hehe
I Am Bored
It’d be 1/1, wouldn’t it? 0/1 being a dislike. Doesn’t matter anyway, dislikes are gone
@@transposedmatrix No, 1/2 is no like, no dislike.
@@nobodyburgen4594 Then they're not binary.
Review "who will cut our hair when we're gone?" By the unicorns
Nice profile pic. I don’t think I come across anyone who likes that P.E.E. Album.
Incredible album! Really loved Phil's Mount Eerie stuff too especially Wind's Poem.
one of my favorites of all time! thanks for giving it little spotlight.
DONT LET THIS DISTRACT YOU FROM THE FACT THAT YOU CAN FIND A '*I FELT YOUR SHAPE*' COVER BY THE MELON HIMSELF HERE ON CZcams.
Finally decided to get this on vinyl. The shipping cost more than the record itself but it was more than worth it. Beatuiful album and a beautiful vinyl package.
Great review, Glowthony Partwono. Interesting point about samurai sword being the wind Phil wishes for at the beginning. I like to take the lyrics of that song somewhat literally and picture Phil actually fighting with a bear in the wilderness. Then, he dies of his wounds in 'my warm blood,' and hearing the end melody from 'I want wind to blow' playing faintly in the ambiance as the album winds down makes it seem like its end is tied into the beginning, which brings to mind the opening lyrics of 'the mansion' as well as a line off the Clear Moon track 'through the trees pt. 2' about there being "either no end, or simultaneous end and beginning."
I think about this album too much.
Also, if there are any fans of Phil lurking around who haven't heard, his wife is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer and there's a gofundme he set up in case people want to help alleviate the financial burden her medical expenses have caused over the last year.
I have never heard of this record before and it sounds great! Thank you Glowthony Phonetano!
I’ve spent 8 years with this masterpiece and it’s without a doubt the greatest project I’ve ever heard. I can’t even compare it to anything else
hands down 10/10 album. speaks to my withered soul and broken heart. for years now myself. thru so many traumas and facing death... losing loved ones... ahhh
your classic reviews are always quality
beautiful album, beautiful human.. alltogether amazing. ive been obsessed with this album for years. for some reason i keep going back to it
Let's get a DOOMSDAY or Liquid Swords review
He already did 36 Chambers and Madvillainy, he probably won't do the records you mentioned for classic week because it would be somewhat redundant (they are great albums tho)
+Parker Eldridge I have a hard time ranking DOOM's albums
Every album on classics week>doomsday
imo. Mm... Food has some of MF DOOM's best tracks and the concept is great but there's just too much filler on the album.
so i just listened to the album and is incredibly amazing and i love it but the last two songs have successfully scared the shot out of me lol. i heard one person talking about “my warm blood” saying that the bits from the first track serve as flashbacks, like phil’s life is flashing before his eyes, and i’ve been losing sleep over it
This is the best Classics Week yet.
Melonthony Cantanoloupe looks more like a peach now with all that facial fuzz.
You know I really want to love this album. I wish it was one of my favorite albums ever because I love the concept and I’m a huge fan of Phil’s other work but something about this album just doesn’t click for me. I’ve tried getting into it on multiple occasions but it’s never quite worked
Ps. It clicked I get it now
da absolute boss of u it clicked after listening to It was hot we stayed in the water and Mount Eerie. They really put this album and it’s themes in perspective since it’s the middle chapter in a bigger story.
da absolute boss of u I listened to the whole thing driving around Montana and snowy trees and mountains and rivers it was probably the most beautiful art experience I’ve ever had.
@@HumansFreshlyBorn going to montana in a couple months will definitely be playing this all the way there
Epic
seeing the plug for the donation link for genvieve got to me
Nice coma cinema pfp
what vinyl is that at the back ? Pls educate me
+theneedledrop Thanks for introducing me to yet another new and wonderful band. You have really broadened the landscape of the artists I listen to, I never knew what I was missing out on before I started watching your reviews. I know I 've said it already but it can't be said enough thank you for all the work you do.