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Sun Kil Moon is the current project of singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band, Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake all the writing, composing, singing and guitar playing accompanied by Tim Mooney and Anthony Koutsos (also an ex-member of RHP) on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass. The band is named after korean bantamweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon.
Their debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway, was written entirely by Kozelek, and released by Jetset Records in 2003. It is an album centered around the theme of memory, connecting Kozelek’s haunting memories with the true-life stories of deceased boxers, such as featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez and flyweight Pancho Villa. Kozelek’s music with Sun Kil Moon spans genres such as the simple acoustic country-folk of “Glenn Tipton” to the heavy, Crazy Horse-esque rock of “Salvador Sanchez” and the light-hearted “Lily And Parrots,” onto the fourteen minute psychedelic tour de force, “Duk Koo Kim” (another homage to a deceased boxer) and the beautiful and haunting “Gentle Moon” and “Carry Me Ohio.” Kozelek’s voice is now more flexible and less downcast than in his work with Red House Painters, resulting in a resonant and often beautiful album.
Their debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway, was written entirely by Kozelek, and released by Jetset Records in 2003. It is an album centered around the theme of memory, connecting Kozelek’s haunting memories with the true-life stories of deceased boxers, such as featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez and flyweight Pancho Villa. Kozelek’s music with Sun Kil Moon spans genres such as the simple acoustic country-folk of “Glenn Tipton” to the heavy, Crazy Horse-esque rock of “Salvador Sanchez” and the light-hearted “Lily And Parrots,” onto the fourteen minute psychedelic tour de force, “Duk Koo Kim” (another homage to a deceased boxer) and the beautiful and haunting “Gentle Moon” and “Carry Me Ohio.” Kozelek’s voice is now more flexible and less downcast than in his work with Red House Painters, resulting in a resonant and often beautiful album.
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stasmeljnikov wrote:
The most beautiful
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coche111 wrote:
DU KOO KIM! GENTLE MOON! fLOATING! MARK KOZELEK ES UNA CHIIIIIIMBA!
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schoenburger wrote:
I love Lily and Parrots. The first album would not be as good without it. That is all.
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celestialroad wrote:
lol
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LePlatypope wrote:
Because it's special, obviously. I might agree with you if you said it doesn't really fit on the album but to say it's a bad song is just a bad, wrong thing to say.
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catachresistant wrote:
Why is that song any more poppy than anything else Sun Kil Moon ever did? Make sense, person.
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LePlatypope wrote:
Are you the type that wont be seen near a poppy song? If so: your opinion on music is invalided.
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catachresistant wrote:
h8 that song so much
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LePlatypope wrote:
Lily and Parrots could have been a top 40 hit. It's such a great perfect orgasmic song.
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schoenburger wrote:
April is indeed an excellent album. It sometimes feels a bit patchy because of its length, which reminds me of certain RHP records, but it really does sound amazing when I'm in the right mood for it. Tonight the Sky is one of the best things Kozelek has ever written.
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killthepopular wrote:
Whoa, hardly anyone's listening to april. Over the past few months april has slowly been usurping GotGH as my fave sun Kil Moon album. It's more inconsistent, more tracks that don't work as well, but i think the best songs are even better. Much better written generally.
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gerard_d wrote:
Amazing songwriter, my favorite singer-songwriter type stuff.. how awesome would an EP of Neil Young covers be, just saying because I wanna hear him do Cortez the Killer... and I do here SKM as a continuation of RHP, but he gets better with age :)
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vanishdoom wrote:
kozelek said himself that sun kil moon is essentially red house painters with a different name. why would it not be the next step up for his music? sheeeeesh
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casagemas wrote:
the lost verses live album is amazing
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captainDread wrote:
I've listened to RHP and Kozelek's solo stuff for years but never moved over to SKM. Somehow I thought it would be very different from RHP. What a cunt I've been! SKM is just another evolutionary step for these guys.
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manuelguevara wrote:
Un jodido genio este tipo!
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begily wrote:
this guy is billiant.
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Totoralex wrote:
If you like Sun Kil Moon, you might like the Dream Sailors... check them out here! http://myspace.com/thedreamsailors
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AceOfSpades24 wrote:
Yunckzilla: I agree.
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h4h4 wrote:
<3
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Interview with Folly Magazine 2007
6 Feb 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/sunkilmoon
A recent interview with Mark by Folly Magazine can be read at:http://www.sunkilmoon.com/FOLLYFebruary07.pdf
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6 Feb 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/sunkilmoon
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