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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 Moon Sung-Kil.

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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1		Carry Me Ohio			724
2		Sunshine in Chicago			651
3		That Bird Has a Broken Wing			610
4		I Know It's Pathetic But That Was The Greatest Night of My Life			608
5		Elaine			511
6		The Winery			496
7		Young Love			463
8		The Moderately Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man			455
9		Among the Leaves			445
10		Glenn Tipton			429
11		Song For Richard Collopy			424
12		Red Poison			407
13		track number 8			386
14		Heron Blue			383
15		King Fish			362

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