sun kil moon?

David J’s Impressionistic Take on Sun Kil Moon’s Sprawling New Record

Jesu / Sun Kil Moon "30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth" now streaming here: http://www.sunkilmoon.com/30seconds/

Hoping he's grown tired of reading fan letters out mid song!

Quite enjoyed much of that.

anyone who gets through all of "wheat bread" deserves a medal imo

I gave up 4 (5?) songs in, when he started bragging about his humility and how many mates he's got. He may have been in character or just taking the piss, I'd lost track by then.

Weird. Played this last night, listening while ironing, and genuinely enjoyed it (to the point of pre-ordering it) but playing it again ... my god, there are some awful bits alongside the beautiful bits. He reads another fan letter.

Apparently, he's about to release his 4th album this year.

must have received more mail

That "Ben's My Friend" track was all right. Sports bar shiiiittt...

http://www.markkozelek.com/img/november10_2017_2.jpg

11/10/2017

Koz has, by my estimation, released 334 minutes of music this year.

Is that rodney bingenheimer

ha

met and spoke with nels a few times

hes a cool guy

http://www.sunkilmoon.com/

he's almost singing again

got to "I had dim sum this morning" and had to turn it off

lol

wait is the new SKM album really titled "Mark Kozelek"?

Sun Kil Moon ended in 2014 with an interesting, confessional album. Wonder what he's been up to since then.

wait is the new SKM album really titled "Mark Kozelek"?

it also has a track named 'The Mark Kozelek Museum'

well, this is thoroughly depressing

it really puts meta on things, though, doesn't it?

too much. there's too much fucking meta

not sure if someone mentioned elsewhere already but ghosts of the great highway is on spotify now

There's another Sun Kil Moon album. Apparently it includes a song about the singer from Kings of Convenience. "Music can't get any worse," (or something like that) say Norman Records.

haha, that's a bit harsh

interesting that the related artists on Norman Records site are "provided by the Spotify Web API"

Tried my usual attempt to make it through a single listen of the latest SKM/Kozelek release. Bailed when he started the Pazuzu impressions on 'Linda Blair' ...

I've been hearing a lot about this moment on "Linda Blair" that is the low point of the new one. Though I don't have any desire to check it out!

I tapped out several albums ago but these reactions brought a perverse curiosity that nudged me to check it out. And wow, it's quite the accomplishment, so triumphantly unlistenable.

Was watching Austin City Limits the other day, a split show between The War on Drugs and TV on the Radio. "Under the Pressure" by TWoD was so impressive, brought back to mind Grumpy Koz's live complaints a few years back, and the widening gap between the quality of their output. The last MK album was the worst yet, hope the upcoming SKM is better.

SKM used to be the all-time favourite band of a friend of mine, but not anymore - I think since Among The Leaves, I remember how he cited the lyrics of Sunshine In Chicago as a major example of Kozelek's decline.
Coupled with various bits I heard of both music & reports of Kozelek madness, I've followed my friend's advice to stick to the earlier records. 'April' remains absolutely stunning.

is this an SKM album or the new "Mark Kozelek" album (s/t)? because I started listening to this yesterday and I actually liked the first song, which is the first thing I've liked since Among the Leaves.

oh I guess there is an SKM album ('this is my dinner'). I know a few people who are really into these albums, they find them immensely interesting. I find them mind-numbingly dull. i don't know what he's thinking.

I gave it another go, skipping 'Linda Blair' this time. Some of the music's not too bad, better than the last few records. I even quite enjoyed 'Candles'. And there's nothing here quite as obnoxious as him corpsing while reading out earnest fan letters in the middle of a song.

No desire to listen to it ever again though.

"SKM used to be the all-time favourite band of a friend of mine, but not anymore - I think since Among The Leaves"

Mark would have made things much easier if he had retired the Sun Kil Moon moniker after that album came out. It's annoying to have to bookend any discussion/recommendation with a big loud disclaimer given half of his releases are the antithesis of the other half under SKM.

Benji is the kind of album you can only make once. I don't really know what to do with most of the stuff he's released since, and also his frequent pissiness is kind of insufferable.

lol what the fuck is this

Has it been established whether he's actually ill or not? Fucking weird behaviour, if not.

Is it possible that J.D. Salinger wrote my favorite novel?
Yes, this is possible

one of the worst musicians in the world atm

He needs an editor. A fucking brutal one. And a friend.

Exactly my point. AFP showed that at the time he was arguably among one of the best.

Xp

i did see a video clip of him attempting to do an RHP song at an SKM show in Europe a few weeks ago and he didn't remember anhy of the words. the band though was able to play it. I was surprised he even attempted it.

I dunno, he releases stuff on his own now and it seems to sell consistently enough that he's not rethinking his approach to what he puts out. I've stopped buying it and I stopped seeing him live, but obv other people don't, so it's not like he has a label saying "LOL WTF OMG NO"

That confirms its an imposter! Real Mark went missing in 2013.

ok lol at the gurgling noises on 'linda blair'

what's funny is that it suddenly dawned on me that he would do it, just before he started doing it. i'm only a minute and a half in. and also, i can just tell he's going to do it again. this song is almost 12 minutes long!

loooooool it's happening again.

I got a lot of love for you, all you people here in Warsaw, Poland
If I gotta be honest, there's only one thing I’ll tell you that I don't love at all
It's the music of Steely Dan, it makes my skin crawl

ok a line has been crossed, fuck you MK

Oh man This Is Not Possible was on my Spotify list today, it’s just horrendous. There is no case to be made for it whatsoever on any level.

so is he trolling or just losing it?

Even the most die hard Kozelek fan I'm friends with hates it

this is very possible

why did he write a song called "The Moderately Talented Yet Attractive Young Woman vs. The Exceptionally Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man"

that was one of his last good songs