It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water

by The Microphones

It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water cover art

Preceding their magnum opus, this album finds Phil Elverum heavily experimenting with lo-fi tape degradation, chaotic noise, and warm, summery psychedelic folk. It is an intensely bittersweet and naturalistic recording that constantly shifts between beautiful acoustic strumming and overwhelming distortion.

Genres

  • Psychedelic Folk
  • Indie Folk
  • Slacker Rock

Tracklist

  1. The Pull
  2. Ice
  3. Sand
  4. The Glow
  5. Karl Blau
  6. Drums
  7. The Gleam
  8. The Breeze
  9. (Something)
  10. Between Your Ear and the Other Ear
  11. Organs