The Finally Lp
The Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters singer-songwriter ends the year with yet another quality release-- this time, a record of lovely instrumentals and covers of tracks from tribute and benefit albums.
Red House Painters released an excellent two-disc retrospective in 1999, and Mark Kozelek has kept his Caldo Verde imprint busy with repackaged and reissued solo and Sun Kil Moon material, but for the most part, he's a compilation newbie. That might explain why The Finally LP—a 10-song collection that's mostly…
Red House Painters' Mark Kozelek has contributed to many compilations, indie soundtracks, dance troupe theater pieces, and tribute albums, as well as recorded prodigiously, even if plenty remains in the can.
Finally provides a concrete diagram for what Kozelek has been doing for years: taking big songs and packing them into very small boxes.