Sun Kil Moon

Infobox musical artist
Name = Sun Kil Moon


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Origin = San Francisco, California, USA
Genre = Folk rock, slowcore
Years_active = 2002-present
Label = Caldo Verde Records
Associated_acts = Red House Painters
URL = [http://www.sunkilmoon.com/ www.sunkilmoon.com]
Current_members = Mark Kozelek
Tim Mooney
Anthony Koutsos
Geoff Stanfield
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Sun Kil Moon is the project of singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band, Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake the writing, composing, singing and guitar playing accompanied by Tim Mooney and Anthony Koutsos on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass.

The band is named after Korean bantamweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20050219233857/http://www.rockpile.net/features.php?action=view&id=118 Rockpile ] ] [ [http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_01.29.04/music/qa.html] ]

Sun Kil Moon's debut album, "Ghosts of the Great Highway", first released in 2003 by Jetset Records, contains several songs concerned with true-life stories of deceased boxers, such as featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez, flyweight Pancho Villa, and also Duk Koo Kim.

"Ghosts of the Great Highway" was re-issued as a double CD on February 6, 2007 on Kozelek's own label, Caldo Verde. The second disc features six bonus tracks, including the cover of "Somewhere" written by Leonard Bernstein.

The band's follow-up "Tiny Cities" was released on November 1, 2005 on Kozelek's Caldo Verde Records. The album covers eleven songs by the indie/alternative group Modest Mouse.

Sun Kil Moon's third studio album is called "April" and was released April 1, 2008. [ [http://www.sunkilmoon.com Sun Kil Moon's official website] ] It features guest vocals from Will Oldham and Ben Gibbard.

Discography

* "Ghosts of the Great Highway" (November 4, 2003)
* "Tiny Cities" (November 1, 2005)"
* "Ghosts of the Great Highway" 2CD re-issue (February 6, 2007)
* "April" (April 1, 2008)

Soundtracks / Songs in Films

* "Kentucky Woman" (in "Elizabethtown")
* "The Arrival" (in "The Girl Next Door")
* "Carry Me Ohio" and "Lily And Parrots" (in "Shopgirl")

References

External links

* [http://www.sunkilmoon.com/ The official Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek/Red House Painters website]
* [http://www.markkozelek.com/ The official Mark Kozelek website]
* [http://www.caldoverderecords.com/ The official Caldo Verde website]