Mount Eerie’s late-2013 release, Pre-Human Ideas, filtered Phil Elverum’s nuanced songcraft from previous albums Clear Moon and Ocean Roar through the digital ringer. Elverum’s experimental leanings have been well documented, from his abandonment of the successful Microphones moniker to forays into his own version of black metal (2009′s Wind’s Poem). The interpretations on Pre-Human Ideas are meant to be mostly that: Elverum’s previously humanoid compositions are tinseled with pitch-corrected silliness and MIDI-fied vignettes of trance-y mellowness. Whether Elverum chases that same vibe at his scheduled show Thursday April 17th at The 9th Ward or
not, you will likely be engaged. Even at its most intense, Mount Eerie’s music has a warm, soothing quality to it.