Red House Painters - Retrospective
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Artist: Red House PaintersEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-07-20
Music Label: 4ad / Ada
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Shock Me
- Grace Cathedral Park
- Katy Song
- Summer Dress
- New Jersey
- Medicine Bottle
- Michael
- San Geronimo
- Bubble
- Mistress
- Drop
- Evil
- Rollercoaster
- Funhouse
- Waterkill
- Uncle Joe
- Helicopter
- Brown Eyes
- Dragonflies
- Japanese To English
- Shock Me
- Over My Head
- Brockwell Park
- Shadows
- Mistress
- Summer Dress
- Instrumental
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Free Music Review: A good listen, even for an old guy (39)
Hit: 4 Stars
I first was introduced to this music when I watched Steve Martin's movie The Shopgirl. It had a couple of really magnetic tunes by Mark Kozelek that made me dig until I found Red House Painters - Retrospective. While not the same upbeat vibe as the songs in the movie, this collection of haunting, peaceful lingering music will slow you down like ether and and won't let you go - much like the traffic jam in the opening sequence of Office Space. My favorite is Mistress. Try Sun Kill Moon for a change of pace and more lively flavor.
Retrospective Poster
In 1995, the label 4AD unceremoniously threw in the towel on Red House Painters and their tortured troubadour Mark Kozelek. As if to do penance for that move, they have blessed the devoted following of these brilliant mope rockers with this collection of hard-to-find and out-of-print tracks. The first disc of the set is a free-flowing montage of songs from the band's five 4AD releases that serves as an excellent greatest-hits collection, cataloging their slow-paced, shimmering guitar laments and exploring their heartbreakingly introspective style. With haunting reverb-laden atmospheres, epic song structures, and deeply personal lyrics, songs like "Rollercoaster" and "Summer Dress" alternately roar and recede as bewildered and lost protagonists wander through landscapes of evocative and sometimes nightmarish imagery. But alongside these dark ruminations are lighter moments, such as the sunny fade-out of "San Geronimo" and the tongue-in-cheek Kiss cover "Shock Me," that betray the band's awareness of their own dour pretensions and ability to explore a full emotional palette. As good as the first disc is, the real fire lies on the second disc, especially for long-suffering fans of the band. Twelve outtakes and two never-before-released songs of harrowing vulnerability showcase Kozelek's thematic takes on confession and catharsis, twin motifs that have always defined his songwriting. Some are ambitious, like the early recording "Roadkill," with its patient, complex song structure and long lyrical passages, while other songs are quiet wonders, like the acoustic renderings of "Japanese to English" and "Mistress," both songs tracing a desperate search for lovers just out of reach. Taken together, the two CDs offer a captivating emotional experience, a chronicle of rarely explored, grandiose themes and a well-done summation of a tragically underappreciated band's catalog. --Matthew CookeLimited edition retrospective from this American alternative act signed to 4AD. Disc one is a 13 track 'best of' and disc two, entitled 'Demos, Outtakes, Live 1989-1995', contains 14 rarities, including the previously unreleased cuts 'Waterkill' & 'Instrumental'. 27 tracks in all. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.
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