Artist: Sun Kil Moon: mp3 download Genre(s): Other Sun Kil Moon's discography: Tiny Cities Year: 2005 Tracks: 11 After dissolution his previous band, Red House Painters, singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek resurfaced with Sun Kil Moon, refinement and expanding the aglow acoustic balladry and harrowingly knowing lyricism that ar the hallmarks of his calling to date. Born in Massillon, OH, in 1967, Kozelek was addicted to drugs by the old age of x. After a stint in rehab he sought safety device in music, and formed his issue one banding, God Forbid, spell in his teens. Upon relocating to Atlanta, he stricken up a friendship with drummer Anthony Koutsos, and together they formed the first incarnation of Red House Painters. A move to San Francisco followed, where guitar player Gorden Mack and bassist Jerry Vessel rounded kO'd the group's roll. While playacting on the Bay Area club circuit, the quartet came to the attention of American Music Club frontman Mark Eitzel, world Health Organization much cited Red House Painters as his favorite band; through Eitzel, RHP's monstrance tape measure made its way to the London offices of 4AD Records, which signed the mathematical group and in 1992 issued the unstained demos -- a striking collection of spartan, atmospheric melodies lurking behind Kozelek's spectral vocals -- as the LP Down Colorful Hill. Subsequent efforts, highlighted by a pair of eponymous albums released wager on to back in 1993, ceremonious Kozelek as a author of stunning emotional depth, unflinchingly detailing his hg, opprobrious nature and disruptive background. But relations with 4AD grew strained, and when Kozelek began work on a long-rumored solo album in the stir up of 1995's beamy Ocean Beach, the label ended Red House Painters' contract. Although none of Kozelek's bandmates appeared on the realised LP, the solo magnetised disk Songs for a Blue Guitar was alternatively issued under the RHP standard when it appeared on Island's Supreme embossment in 1996. The mathematical group reunited in late 1997 for unrivalled last record album, Old Ramon, but the Polygram/Universal merger spelled Supreme's end, and the completed LP was indefinitely shelved. Kozelek currently began work collection and producing Read Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver, an all-star cover record celebrating the life and music of the late folkie, and in 2000 issued his number one proper solo drive, Rock 'n' Roll Singer, a singular yet compelling patchwork highlighted by trey Bon Scott-era AC/DC covers. Perhaps to the highest degree surprising, Kozelek likewise co-starred in movie god Almighty Cameron Crowe's 2000 release Well-nigh Famous, playing Larry Fellows, bassist for the fictional '70s severe rock isthmus Stillwater. After securing the rights to Old Ramon, Kozelek licenced the record album to Sub Pop for release in the springtime of 2001. Later that same year, the label as substantially issued his limited variant solo set White Christmas Live. In early 2002, Kozelek assembled Sun Kil Moon with sometime Red House Painter Anthony Koutsos, Black Lab bassist Geoff Stanfield, and sometime American Music Club drummer Tim Mooney. Their debut LP, Ghosts of the Great Highway, appeared to wide critical applaud in late 2003, and Kozelek assembled a lester Willis Young touring band to support its release, outgo the bettor part of 2004 on the road. He likewise continued his plastic film career, once again acting a fictional player in the 2005 big-screen adaptation of Steve Martin's comedic novella Shopgirl. That summer, Kozelek linked with Low's Alan Sparhawk in the classic-rock cover band the Retribution Gospel Choir, issuance a tour-only EP in advance of the second Sun Kil Moon album, the much maligned Petite Cities, a collection of covers by indie rock candy band Modest Mouse. The album was the number one released on Kozelek's possess Caldo Verde label. |
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