Pre-Human Ideas

Pre-Human Ideas is a compilation album released by Phil Elverum under the name Mount Eerie, on November 12, 2013.

The album consists of computerised versions of songs from his 2012 releases Clear Moon and Ocean Roar, plus 2 organ excerpts from the songs "Pale Lights" and "The Place Lives" from Clear Moon and Ocean Roar respectively.

[1] The album is a derivation from Elverum's typical sound with his vocals layered in autotune and pitched higher in some instances to resemble a female voice.

[3] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that the album was "More than just musical footnotes, these reworkings add extra depth to Mount Eerie's already complex body of work".

[4] Alex Young of Consequence of Sound said of the album "Overall, it’s barely more than a set of curios, which may have been better off released as a free download".