The general all-purpose Mark Kozelek thread?

#181

Pretty pleased to have picked that up

#182

Me too. One of the all time greats IMO.

#183

well I think to get the most out of it you have to not view it in the same way as conventional lyrics etc. Like I wouldnā€™t listen to a jazz record necessarily expecting tight concise melody and structures, just interesting little flavours coming in and out of view. To me thereā€™s some great little touches on Common as Light like the title line in Chilli Lemon Peanuts, just kinda absurd and silly ā€œSo there I was, I read a part of the book of Jesus
Now Iā€™m eating sunflower seeds and chili lemon peanutsā€, the bleak stories from God Bless Ohio etc.

#184

yeah I guess that was only really a couple of years ago anyway, how do you feel about Perils From The Sea? In my mind thatā€™s kind of the perfect blend between his old and new styles.

#185

Love it. But I see it more of an extension of Benji and not in the mold of his latter releases.

#186

I struggle with that - I canā€™t help but focus on the words when thereā€™s so many of them and theyā€™re always front and centre in the mix. I think Kozalekā€™s always been a plaintive, straight forward kind of lyricist, a style which benefits from brevity. If youā€™re gonna do lengtht stream of consiousness stuff you need to have enough wit or shaggy dog wisdom to carry the day. Which Kozalek does have now and again, but not nearly enough to warrant the ceaseless barrage of verbiage for me.

Imho obvs. Genuinely wish I heard it the same way you do Bam.

#187

Now we begin the whine for the other SKM albums :grinning::nerd_face:

#188

No one could accuse me or Ariel Pink of ever being boring

Mark, I listened to CALALARVOB and I would beg to disagree

#189

Heh, whatā€™s this from?

#190

new song D:

#191

Oh the whole albumā€™s streaming. Actually semi-hopeful for this one:

http://www.sunkilmoon.com/interview_mark_kozelek_phoebe_2018.html

#192

This is basically the laziest music ever and heā€™s not saying anything he hasnā€™t already said multiple times over the last few years but itā€™s still weirdly comforting.

My Love For You Is Undying is really really nice

#193

anyone given this a try?

Interested to know if Iā€™m the only one still putting up with his nonsense

#194

I reckon itā€™s you and bam left

#195

Nah im still up for a bit of Kozā€¦just waiting for the CD to arrive

#196

Iā€™ll listen when itā€™s on spotify and Iā€™m in the mood for some Mark. Not expecting to actually like it though :smiley:

#197

itā€™s beautiful so far imo

just listening to ā€˜The Mark Kozelek Museumā€™ ( :ā€™) ). sounds so good on a long May evening

#198

havenā€™t really listened to this yet as Iā€™ve been too absorbed in my latest project.

Will give it a special bath-time premiere tomorrow though.

#199

oh my god, the verse about Ariel Pink

ā€˜sake, dude :ā€™ā€™ā€™)

#200

This Is My Town, My Love For You Is Undyng, Weed Whacker and Banjo Song are my favourites

Early reaction is that itā€™s my favourite since Benji but I think with most of them Iā€™ve really liked them the most in their immediacy, and given their repetitive instrumentals and diminishing impact in the narrative stream of consciousness style, most of them havenā€™t had a ton of replay value. In the end this probably wonā€™t be massively different