Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes (2015)
Artist: Sun Kil Moon
Title: Universal Themes
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Caldo Verde Records – CV036
Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 01:10:10
Total Size: 160 / 336 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Universal Themes
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Caldo Verde Records – CV036
Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 01:10:10
Total Size: 160 / 336 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. The Possum (08:59)
2. Birds Of Flims (09:05)
3. With A Sort Of Grace I Walked To The Bathroom To Cry (09:47)
4. Cry Me A River Williamsburg Sleeve Tattoo Blues (07:28)
5. Little Rascals (07:47)
6. Garden Of Lavender (10:12)
7. Ali/Spinks 2 (06:45)
8. This Is My First Day And I'm Indian And I Work At A Gas Station (10:10)
Given the subject matter of singer-guitarist Mark Kozelek’s lyrics – his own experiences and reactions to them – “Universal Themes” is a bit of a misnomer for his 14th album. The mumbled splurges of Kozelek’s non-rhyming narrative come so thick and fast that it’s hard to keep up. But you can catch snatches: real-life incidents are recalled (in Little Rascals, looking after an ageing cat; in Garden of Lavender, a 1998 Gomez gig; in Ali/Spinks 2, the death of a family friend) that reveal his hang-ups and tastes. The songs of Sun Kil Moon – pretty much an alias for Kozelek, though he is accompanied here by former Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley – veer off on tangents. On the stark epic The Possum, just when you think Kozelek’s hit upon a hook, he stops and does something else entirely. There are spoken segments, garage-rock and pretty acoustic passages, too, but his default setting is intimate and minimal.