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Infobox musical artist | name = Sun Kil Moon| image =Sun Kil Moon.png| caption = Mark Kozelek is Sun Kil Moon.| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = San Francisco, California | genre = Folk rock | years_active = 2002–present| label = Caldo Verde Records | associated_acts = Red House Painters | website = http://www.sunkilmoon.com/ www.sunkilmoon.com| current_members = Mark Kozelek Tim Mooney Anthony Koutsos Geoff Stanfield Red House Painters|Jerry Vessel (live) Red House Painters|Phil Carney (live) http://www.caldoverderecords.com/interview.htm| past_members = Sun Kil Moon is a music 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 people|Korean lightweight boxing|boxer Moon Sung-Kil|Sung-Kil Moon . http://web.archive.org/web/20050219233857/ http://www.rockpile.net/features.php? action=view& id=118 Rockpile
History
Following the dissolution of Red House Painters after the tumultuous release of their last album Old Ramon , Kozelek released a handful of solo recordings before forming Sun Kil Moon in 2002. The band's debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway , was released in November 2003 by Jetset Records . It contains several songs concerned with true-life stories of deceased boxers, such as Mexican featherweight champion Salvador Sánchez , Filipino flyweight champion Pancho Villa (boxer)|Pancho Villa , and also Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim , all three boxers died at the age of 23. The album was well-received by critics, garnering an overall rating of 84/100 on Metacritic|Metacritic.com . http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/sunkilmoon/ghostsofthegreathighway? q=sun kil moon Ghosts Of The Great Highway reviews at Metacritic.com
The band's follow-up Tiny Cities was released in November 2005 on Kozelek's own label Caldo Verde Records . The album covers eleven songs by the indie/alternative group Modest Mouse . Ghosts of the Great Highway was re-issued as a double CD in February 2007 on Caldo Verde. The second disc features six bonus tracks, including a cover of "Somewhere" written by Leonard Bernstein .
Sun Kil Moon's third studio album April (Sun Kil Moon album)|April was released in April 2008 http://www.sunkilmoon.com Sun Kil Moon's official website and features guest vocals from Will Oldham and Ben Gibbard . The album was issued as a double CD, featuring a bonus disc of alternate recordings of album tracks. The album was met with further critical acclaim, including a 4.5/5-star rating from Allmusic Allmusic|class=album|id=r1334550/review|pure_url=yes allmusic ((( April > Review ))) and 4-star reviews from Billboard (magazine)|Billboard , Mojo (magazine)|Mojo , The Boston Globe , and Drowned in Sound . http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/sunkilmoon/april? q=sun kil moon April reviews at Metacritic.com
Admiral Fell Promises was released on July 13, 2010 http://pitchfork.com/news/38601-sun-kil-moon-announce-new-album/ Pitchfork: Sun Kil Moon Announce New Album, and whilst credited to Sun Kil Moon, only Kozelek plays on the record, on Classical guitar|nylon stringed guitar , and vocals.cite web |first=Stephen M. |last=Deusner |title=Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Sun Kil Moon: Admiral Fell Promises |url= http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14430-admiral-fell-promises/ |date=13 July 2010 |accessdate=13 July 2010
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_(Sun_Kil_Moon_album)|April (April 1, 2008)
April_(Sun_Kil_Moon_album)#Tonight the Sky EP|Tonight the Sky EP (January 2009)
Admiral Fell Promises (July 13, 2010)
'' Admiral Fell Promises#I'll Be There EP|I'll Be There EP (July 13, 2010)
Soundtracks / songs in films or television
"Kentucky Woman" (in Elizabethtown (film)|Elizabethtown )
"Carry Me Ohio" and "Lily and Parrots" (in Shopgirl )
"Gentle Moon" (in Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights )
"Heron Blue" (in Crash (2008 TV series)|Crash season 1, episode "F-36, Sprint Left, T-4" during closing credits, in Red Dead Redemption and in Gears of War 3 "Ashes to Ashes" trailer)
"Lost Verses" (in Californication (TV series)|Californication season 2, episode 12: "La petite mort")
"Like the River" (in Sons of Anarchy season 1: pilot)
"Tonight the Sky" (in Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters season 3)
"Ĺlesund" (in Sons of Anarchy season 3, episode 11: Bainne)
"Glenn Tipton" (in Sons of Anarchy season 4, episode 12: Burnt and Purged Away)
References
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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 Records website
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