Benji
There are 11 songs on Sun Kil Moon’s astonishing sixth LP Benji, and in nearly all of them, somebody dies. Mark Kozelek wants us to know that they all lived, loved, fought, fucked up, and often did the best they could. While Benji is consumed with death, sadness, and tragedy, there's gratitude within this melancholy, and it’s Kozelek’s most life-affirming record.
Another fine record from Mark Kozolek that stands up against anything he's done in the past two decades.
‘Benji’ is Mark Kozelek’s sixth album under the Sun Kil Moon moniker, or his 12th if you include the Red House Painters records they follow – and that’s not counting two collaborative albums last year.
If Benji and its predecessor Among The Leaves are any indication, the 47-year-old songwriter and master guitarist has found that comfortable place.
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But on this sixth Sun Kil Moon album, he takes this impulse into directions of therapy, elegy and unrefined straight reporting.
Mark Kozelek's career has been filled with twists and turns. As a member (and primary songwriter) of Red House Painters, his work fit semi-comfortably under a broad "alt-country" umbrella, but even then, there were hints that Kozelek's interests were a li
Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek bares all on this latest outing, and the results are captivating, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
Review Of "Benji" By 'Sun Kil Moon'. The album comes out on February 4th via Mark Kozalek's Caldo Verde Records. The first single is "Ben's My Friend."
If that sentiment was not apparent enough when he sang about her “goddess touch” brushing through his hair on Red House Painters’ self-titled sophomore album way back in 1993, then it’s impossible to miss on the new Sun Kil Moon record’s “I Can’t Live without My Mother’s Love.”