Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project

Production

The eighteen-track album was written by Mirah and Takahashi in a secluded house in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 2002, where the friends spent a month writing songs about their experience together, and recording using a Tascam four-track, and a mini-disc recorder. According to Allmusic, "the chirping birds, lonesome train whistles, and buzzing insects that pop up throughout Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project make it feel like a collection of audio postcards from Takahashi and Mirah's vacation."

Release, reception

K Records released the album on August 19, 2003. It received a positive reception from Allmusic, who gave it 3.5/5 stars, and praised both the vocals, instrumentals, and whimsical and emotional nature of the songwriting.

Track listing

1. "Lil' Bit (Of Baritone)" (Takahashi)
2. "Birdy Noises"
3. "Plink Plink Plink"
4. "The Red Curtain" (Takahashi/M. Zeitlyn)
5. "The Knife Thrower" (Takahashi/M. Zeitlyn)
6. "The Party" (Takahashi/M. Zeitlyn)
7. "Noisy Groove"
8. "Life You Love" (M. Zeitlyn)
9. "Plink Plink"
10. "Broken Mirah"
11. "Pure" (E. Zeitlyn)
12. "Acoustic Groove"
13. "While We Have The Sun" (M. Zeitlyn)
14. "Horny Groove"
15. "Rock Of Ages" (Marcus)
16. "Squocky Groove"
17. "Oh! September" (Hockel/Takahashi/M. Zeitlyn)
18. "Buggy Noises"

Personnel