ha
met and spoke with nels a few times
hes a cool guy
― infinity (∞), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
http://www.sunkilmoon.com/
he's almost singing again
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:32 (six years ago) link
got to "I had dim sum this morning" and had to turn it off
― Dat Login was the dname u doofus (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
lol
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
wait is the new SKM album really titled "Mark Kozelek"?
― akm, Saturday, 3 February 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
Sun Kil Moon ended in 2014 with an interesting, confessional album. Wonder what he's been up to since then.
― Evan, Sunday, 4 February 2018 06:58 (six years ago) link
it also has a track named 'The Mark Kozelek Museum'
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 4 February 2018 07:38 (six years ago) link
well, this is thoroughly depressing
it really puts meta on things, though, doesn't it?
too much. there's too much fucking meta
― mookieproof, Sunday, 4 February 2018 07:43 (six years ago) link
not sure if someone mentioned elsewhere already but ghosts of the great highway is on spotify now
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
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.
― djh, Friday, 9 November 2018 07:31 (five years ago) link
haha, that's a bit harsh
interesting that the related artists on Norman Records site are "provided by the Spotify Web API"
― niels, Friday, 9 November 2018 09:59 (five years ago) link
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' ...
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Friday, 9 November 2018 10:15 (five years ago) link
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!
― Evan, Friday, 9 November 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
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.
― doug watson, Friday, 9 November 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
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.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 9 November 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
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.
― Valentijn, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
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.
― akm, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
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.
― akm, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
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.
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Friday, 9 November 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
"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.
― Evan, Friday, 9 November 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
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.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 9 November 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
lol what the fuck is this
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 9 November 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
Has it been established whether he's actually ill or not? Fucking weird behaviour, if not.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 9 November 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
Is it possible that J.D. Salinger wrote my favorite novel?Yes, this is possible
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 9 November 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
one of the worst musicians in the world atm
― imago, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
He needs an editor. A fucking brutal one. And a friend.
― djh, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
Exactly my point. AFP showed that at the time he was arguably among one of the best.
Xp
― Evan, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
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"
― akm, Friday, 9 November 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
That confirms its an imposter! Real Mark went missing in 2013.
― Evan, Friday, 9 November 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
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!
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
loooooool it's happening again.
I got a lot of love for you, all you people here in Warsaw, PolandIf I gotta be honest, there's only one thing I’ll tell you that I don't love at allIt's the music of Steely Dan, it makes my skin crawl
ok a line has been crossed, fuck you MK
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
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.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 11 November 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link
so is he trolling or just losing it?
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 11 November 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
Even the most die hard Kozelek fan I'm friends with hates it
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 11 November 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
this is very possible
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 11 November 2018 05:15 (five years ago) link
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"
― niels, Sunday, 11 November 2018 12:22 (five years ago) link
that was one of his last good songs
― akm, Sunday, 11 November 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
haha, well I'm surprised
I really like the Benji album, as did a bunch of lurkers iirc
― niels, Sunday, 11 November 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
I liked 'Benji' too; I like 'Perils from the Sea' even more. Pretty much everything I've heard since has been appalling.
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Sunday, 11 November 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
I remember liking benji when it was released
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 12 November 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
Benji and Perils both good. Bridgers cover even better.
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 November 2018 03:42 (five years ago) link
Kozelek & Desertshore is my favorite of the albums he did in his new style before totally going off the deep end.
― Evan, Monday, 12 November 2018 04:46 (five years ago) link
The weirdest thing here (having only listened to Linda Blair) is how intricate and interesting the music in the background is. It's baffling that that level of musicianship has that vocal and those lyrics. How must those musicians feel?
― brokenshire (jed_), Monday, 12 November 2018 05:09 (five years ago) link
To be honest the last song I loved was "Katy Song". After that everything he released got paler and paler. The collab with Desertshore was the last thing I purchased but only listened to once.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
How must those musicians feel?
He's been working with the same folks a lot and they're probably very happy for the steady studio work.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
half of the sun kil moon albums are pretty good. I'd still be having a good time. sometimes feels like he's in the "Everybody's Rockin'" phase of a Neil Young trajectory, but where rockabilly is modest mouse and the asshole record executive is himself. if he has a Weld or Harvest Moon later, the sum of his output will still be amazing? I think?
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
Benji is Tonight's the Night, and aerosol can explosions are the heroin btw.
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
he's a million miles awayfrom that beer-commercial guitar day
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/CsOOGMopiz— Ryley walker (@ryleywalker) November 12, 2018
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link