page_title: The Glow Pt. 2
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: The Glow Pt. 2 / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Lil Peep - Hellboy Cover Image
context_page_description: The Glow Pt. 2 is the third studio album produced by American indie rock band the Microphones primary member Phil Elverum released on September 25, 2001, through K Records. It was recorded on analog equipment at Dub Narcotic, Olympia, Washington, from 2000 to 2001. The album is influenced by numerous music genres such as black metal, ambient and avant-garde, as well as non-musical sources like the American drama television show Twin Peaks and Elverum's relationship to Khaela Maricich.
  Musically, The Glow Pt. 2 diverts from Elverum's previous studio release It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water, and features experimental production and musical techniques and lyrics that frequently reference nature and the Pacific Northwest. To promote the album, Elverum embarked on The Paper Opera Tour with Calvin Johnson and Khaela Maricich before going on a solo tour. In the years following its release, it has been reissued multiple times, with the first in 2007 including a disc of bonus material.
  An immediate critical success, it has appeared on multiple rankings of the best albums of the 2000s, with many considering it to be the Microphones' best work and an important release in the lo-fi genre.
context_section_description: Retrospective reviews of The Glow Pt. 2 have expressed more general critical acclaim for the album. It has since become cult classic ,ranking as one of his most critically acclaimed and popular albums; considered by many to be his best work and one of the best lo-fi albums. Although its status as "Elverum's masterpiece" has in later years been questioned. According to First Order Historians the release of The Glow Pt. 2 "created a title wave of buzz in the indie community". Konstantinos Pappis of Our Culture Mag described it as "semial", while Daniel Mescher called it a "widely regarded indie pop classic". Grayson Haver Currin viewed the album, as an important release in Elverum's career, stating that it "began to make the Microphones an indie rock commodity". Aquarium Drunkard and Thomas Britt of PopMatters also saw it as important for Elverum's career, viewing it as the culmination of his work under the Microphones name with Britt writing that "The introspective lyrics and rough, yet complex, sonic textures of Phil Elverum's Microphones output reached an unparalleled peak with The Glow Pt. 2." and Drunkard calling it a "blueprint for multiple artists". 
  American rapper Lil Peep sampled the songs "(Something)" and "Headless Horseman". Canadian record producer Ryan Hemsworth sampled (Instrumental) in a mash-up with Three Six Mafia’s “Late Nite Tip”. American electronic pop duo Sylvan Esso's song "The Glow" is centered around the The Glow Pt. 2 which was one of the first albums that lead singer Amelia Meath "really loved". American singer-songwriter Kevin Morby's third studio album Singing Saw was inspired by The Glow Pt. 2 in particular the title track. American singer-songwriter David Longstreth cited as one of the best albums of the 2000s. American musicain Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing noted that the album "challenged my whole notion of what recorded music was supposed to be". He called it one of his favourite albums and "The Moon" his favourite song. 
  In a review of the album's 2008 reissue, Brian Howe of Pitchfork stated that The Glow Pt. 2 remained Elverum's "crowning achievement" and that "seven years of imitation have done nothing to dull its impact—it sounds as unaccountably grand now as it did in 2001". Brock Thiessen of Exclaim! described the album as "a brave new world where solar noise bursts over sprawling epics of the most intimate nature", and stated that "it's clear age hasn't tainted the kaleidoscopic Glow Pt. 2 in the least." Under the Radar writer Wendy Lynch praised the album and labelled the Microphones as "one of the most original, interesting bands to come out in the last 3 years". Heather Phares of AllMusic stated that "it's The Glow, Pt. 2's deep, nearly spiritual yearning that makes it the Microphones' most compelling album to date". Eric Grandy of The Stranger wrote that "Nothing Elverum has done since has entirely eclipsed The Glow Pt. 2. The album finds him at the apex of his productive prowess and his songwriting skill." In 2012, Corey Beasley included the album at number four on a list dedicated to ranking Pitchfork's number one albums from 1996-2011 calling the album Elverum's "creative peak".
  
  After a second reissue of The Glow Pt. 2 in 2013, Colin Joyce of Consequence of Sound hailed the record as "a masterwork of sequencing as it bleeds and blends from track to track". In The Guardian's "Hidden treasures" column, Dan Hancox described the album as "a masterstroke" and "a millennial Daydream Nation".
  Stephen Krock of That Music Magazine called the album "ingenious" and the band's "definitive work". L.A. Record's Cypress Marrs called the album a definitive release in the indie folk genre. Adam Nelson of The Line of Best Fit lauded The Glow Pt. 2 as an "essential work of modern indie", while Stereogum's retrospective feature on the album stated that the album's "bond with listeners, as individuals" surpasses its critical success.
  In the years since its release it has been included on numerous retrospective lists. Pitchfork included it on their list of the best albums from 2000-2004, of the 20
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