Yesterday iconic Pacific Northwest musician Phil Elverum (the Microphones, Mount Eerie) announced via a GoFundMe campaign that just over a year ago his wife Geneviève (Woelv, Ô Paon) was diagnosed with inoperable stage four pancreatic cancer. The devastating news came mere months after the birth of their first child. The couple has lived in Anacortes, Washington for 12 years, where they've organized What The Heck Fest and the Anacortes Unknown Music Series. But Geneviève's illness has put their entire lives on hold—in the campaign's description Elverum shared,
We are asking the world to please donate money to us. Treatment is ongoing. Nobody in our household has been able to work for over a year. Geneviève has not made any new work. Phil has not made any music or been able to perform or do anything. Life is 100% occupied by this humongous medical battle (plus the already overwhelming reality of raising a baby with less than 2 fully available parents). We don't know what the future holds and how long this uncertainty will last. In any case, the amount we've spent over the last year alone has left us in a precarious financial position as a family.
So far the GoFundMe has raised over $62k out of the $100k goal. You can donate here.