Don't Wake Me Up (album)

Don't Wake Me Up
Don't Wake Me Up
	Cover for the CD release
Studio album by the Microphones
Released	August 24, 1999
Recorded	April 25, 1998 – March 1, 1999
Studio	Dub Narcotic (Olympia, Wash.); The Business (Anacortes, Wash.);
Genre	Lo-fi rock; indie rock;
Length	39:32
Label	K Records (KLP 099) ; P.W. Elverum & Sun (ELV 028)
The Microphones chronology

Don't Wake Me Up is the debut studio album by American musical project the Microphones. It was released by K Records on August 24, 1999, and reissued on vinyl via P.W. Elverum & Sun on April 16, 2013. The album was recorded between April 25, 1998, and March 1, 1999, in studios in Olympia and Anacortes, Washington.

Don't Wake Me Up is a lo-fi rock and indie rock album that uses metaphorical and sometimes cryptic lyricism. The album also includes field recordings, as well as elements of pop and noise rock. It received positive reviews from AllMusic, Pitchfork, and Sputnikmusic. Don't Wake Me Up gave Phil Elverum a small following, and "set a new precedent" for K Records, due to Elverum's production being perceived as high-quality despite recording limitations.

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