Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
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Free Music Review: wow
Hit: 5 Stars
I can't believe there is actually new music like this out there. Ghosts Of The Great Highway is an amazing folksy album which reminds me a great deal of crosby stills & Nash and Neil Young. But it's not limited to that. Mark Kozelek's lyrics are smart and nostalgic but uniquely his own. This album has a great flow to it and a great relaxed mood. Although they do have a great guitar riff on Salvador Sanchez and a more heavy feel on Lily and Parots (my least favorite track, but it's still ok). When I listen to this I'm on my vacation back in Golden Country California, sitting on the porch of my cozy cabin, watching the sun set and listening to the wind blow through the trees. If that's not heaven then I don't know what is. Gorgeous. That's what this record is like. Oh and I HIGHLY recommend the White Hawk Ranch (It's really more like a country club resort) nestled in the Cali Golden Country, just a tad northwest of Tahoe. I don't know exactly where it is b/c we were incredibly lost when we stumbled upon it. Sorry for meandering for a while, thanks for stickin with me. Anyway, the best song on here is Duk Koo Kim. To me it's one of the best songs EVER written.
Buy this because it will change your life......or at least your peception of new music.
Free Music Review: Excellent CD...
Hit: 5 Stars
There's not much else to say except that if you have a love for music, and songwriting, then you should purchase this CD. I've listened to it all the way through over 30 times. It hasn't gotten old yet, and I don't think it ever will.Free Music Review: One of the best
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the best albums i have heard in the last couple of years. I bought it in 2004 although it's a 2003 album and i have been completely dazed with the magic that this album has.
Listen to Salvador Sanchez or Gentle Moon and you won't be disappointed.
Kozelek makes music that will survive for ages.
Free Music Review: Poetic lyrics, awesome songs
Hit: 5 Stars
I was browsing through Amazon's suggested artists when I found Sun Kil Moon. I listened to samples of the cd and bought it on a whim. No regrets - I LOVE it. It's great music when you're in a mellow mood or are kind of down. The lead singer has a great, soothing voice, the band's music is really unique, and the cd just totally rules.Free Music Review: "some like KK Downing more than Glenn Tipton"
Hit: 3 Stars
"Ghosts of the Great Highway" is a rootsy, romantic, melancholy effort. While it certainly owes a debt to Neil Young (particularly the vocals and acoustic guitar hammering style), its beauty is in the lyrical details. "Glenn Tipton" is, in my opinion, the highlight--a brilliant acoustic folk song that touches on remorse and aging by discussing Judas Priest guitarist preferences, father and son relationships, the death of a woman who worked at a doughnut shop, and the musings of either a jilted lover and/or murderer. Sound unusual? It's a credit to Mark Kozelek and his deft lyrical skill; he takes seemingly mundane, unrelated details and weaves them into a compelling, open-to-wide-interpretation narrative. That kind of atypical lyrical subject matter (songs about a Mexican boxer, for example) fills the album. And the music is almost as fresh, where familiar chord changes are flipped and rejuvenated by great arrangements and a restrained but varied sense of dynamics. At times, the results (probably intentional) are kind of muted and a little nebulous. But "Ghosts of the Great Highway" is an enjoyable work, heavy on nuances that prevent it from being standard roots-rock fare.