Don't Wake Me Up (album)

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[1]
Studio	Dub Narcotic (Olympia, Wash.) The Business (Anacortes, Wash.)[1]
Genre	Lo-fi rock indie rock
Length	39:32
Label	K Records (KLP 099) P.W. Elverum & Sun (ELV 028)
The Microphones chronology
Tests (1998) Don't Wake Me Up (1999) Window (2000)

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.