Pitchfork

One year and two days out from the release of their brilliantly twisted epic, It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water, the Microphones are slated to put out a brand new full-length. Titled The Glow, Pt. 2 (a reference to It Was Hot's 11-minute centerpiece, "The Glow") the new record contains 20 tracks and runs 67 minutes long. Frontman Phil Elvrum is reportedly convinced it's far and away his best work to date, and needless to say, anticipation over at the Pitchfork is running high.

The Glow, Pt. 2 will be released on CD and double-vinyl through K Records, and will feature basically the same line-up that produced, It Was Hot, which included singer/songwriter/producer Elvrum, Khaela Maricich, K Records songstress Mirah Yomtov Zeitlyn, Jenn Kliese, Anna Oxygen, Karl Blau, and Jason Wall.

In addition, the Microphones have just released a vinyl-only pressing of an album entitled Blood. That album, which is limited to a mere 300 copies, contains music Elvrum recorded during the sessions for The Glow, Pt. 2, some of which appears on the forthcoming K release in a much more refined form. Each of the 300 album covers were hand-painted by Elvrum, and all are different. The record is the first release for the Secretly Canadian-owned St. Ives Records, whose goal is to issue similar limited edition vinyl records by popular indie bands. Blood is presently in stores, but sure to sell out quickly. Run!