Name: SUN KIL MOON - GHOSTS OF THE GREAT HIGHWAY : 2LP SET
Brand: Rough Trade Records
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SUN KIL MOON - GHOSTS OF THE GREAT HIGHWAY : 2LP SET

By SUN KIL MOON

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Vinyl (2 Disc)

Release Date

16 February 2018

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These songs are virtuously stoic Americana - all shimmery guitars, measured tempos, malevolent moods, and wandering melodies. His voice sounds like Neil Young's, especially in the effortlessness with which he hits the high notes then returns to a lower, earthier texture. 'Ghosts of the Great Highway' is a travelogue of sorts, speeding through the midwest and the west.

Album: SUN KIL MOON - GHOSTS OF THE GREAT HIGHWAY : 2LP SET
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Glenn Tipton	More Info...	0:04
2)	Carry Me Ohio	More Info...	0:06
3)	Salvador Sanchez	More Info...	0:06
4)	Last Tide	More Info...	0:03
5)	Floating	More Info...	0:03
6)	Gentle Moon	More Info...	0:05
7)	Lilly and Parrots	More Info...	0:04

EAN

0883870088510

Writer

SUN KIL MOON

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Label

Rough Trade Records

Dimensions

31.1 x 31.1 x 0.6 centimetres (0.47 kg)

Performer Notes

Sun Kil Moon: Mark Kozelek, Geoff Stanfield, Anthony Koustos, Tim Mooney.
Principally recorded at Toast, Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, California.
After 2001's OLD RAMON (which had actually been recorded years earlier), singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek retired the Red House Painters name, and his next non-solo outing, 2003's GHOST OF THE GREAT HIGHWAY, was credited to Sun Kil Moon. (Maybe he got tired of being filed next to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in record stores?) While in many ways the album is a continuation of the sound on the Painters' SONGS FOR A BLUE GUITAR, here Kozelek streamlines the material, refraining from extended six-string freak-outs and painfully confessional lyrics, in favor of sharply honed rock-inflected tunes and gorgeous, string-laden tracks. The result is one of the most directly affecting and immediately appealing records of Kozelek's career, and those intrigued by, but wary of, the Red House Painters will likely be pleasantly surprised with Sun Kil Moon's GHOSTS OF THE GREAT HIGHWAY.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (11/27/03, p.92) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "It's easy to compare Mark Kozelek to Neil Young but the horse that Kozelek rides is much more sad and wild than it is crazy....Kozelek's squalling dirges turn despair into a kind of elemental beauty..."

Q (p.136) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A} surprisingly uplifting record, Kozelek relaxing into a new emotional suppleness as he mixes songs about boxers with an a romantic ear for the rhythms and poetry of American life."

Q (3/04, p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 - "With Kozelek's compelling ache of a voice to the fore, his star deserves to wax anew."

Uncut (3/04, p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Kozelek has found a way of keeping the engulfing intensity of his early work while expanding his range."

Magnet (11/03, p.108) - "...It's a gorgeous record brimming with unhurried songs...When songs are this transporting, you can only hope they'll last forever..."

Mojo (Publisher) (2/04, p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[Kozelek has] never sounded more inspired, achieving a rich balance of haunting atmosphere and twangy grit."