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#NowPlaying For the 25th anniversary of “The Glow, Pt. 2” by #TheMicrophones, revisiting this #SongExploder episode where Phil Elverum recounts how he created the first song on the record at Dub N…

Song Exploder
In the fall of 2001, Phil Elverum released the album The Glow Pt 2 on K Records. Pitchfork named it the best album of the year. In this episode, Phil recounts how he created the first song on the record at Dub Narcotic Studio. He spoke with me from his home in Anacortes, Washington, about his love of being alone in the studio, evoking nature through music, and where the name The Microphones came from. Plus a few words from Calvin Johnson, the founder of K Records. This episode is prese…