Last year, The Microphones released their first album since 2003’s Mount Eerie called Microphones in 2020. Now, you can plan on seeing them perform that album in 2022. Today, Phil Elverum announced that the patient wait for a new album wasn’t the only thing of interest to fans in the near future—The Microphones are heading on tour next year for the first time in 18 years.
In a statement, Elverum said, “We, the band called ‘the Microphones,’ are planning to go on a tour playing concerts in some North American towns for a few weeks in the spring of 2022. This will be the first ‘Microphones’ tour in 18 years, but as listeners to our last record (Microphones in 2020) will have hopefully heard, this doesn’t mean much. This has always been a project steering toward present-moment raw wound engagement, disappointing the nostalgics, splashing into the unfamiliar. It’s not a reunion (nothing to reunite) and it’s not commemorative. It’s a living thing. We’re playing our one long song, F#m and D for a super long time, and inviting everyone to come get thumped by it. Who knows what else will happen?”
The Microphones will be doing select dates with ambient musician Emily Sprague and queer, anti-fascist doom metal group Ragana. You can see the full list of dates below and get ready to purchase tickets here when they go on sale this Friday, July 9.
