Red House Painters tend to be a sad fucking band. I said it. Mark Kozelek must have had some super duper awful stuff happen to him. I really hope that description doesn’t turn you off. Cause I really love this band. This is my favorite Red House Painters album. Start to finish its awesome. Great guitar work, lyrics, just the overall feeling. Almost shoegaze-y at points. If you’ve ever heard of the “genres” of sadcore or slowcore and wondered “what the fuck is that?” I guess this would be sort of a defining album and band. For fans of 90’s alternative rock and shoegaze. There might also be some interest from people into singer/songwriters from the 70’s. Also, if you love sad music. Haha.
-matthew st.
Buy it from a independent record store if you like it
i've pretty much only listened to "songs for a blue guitar". they have kind of an intimidating discography. i'll give this one a listen later.
ReplyDeletei dig it. downloaded it. very nice.
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