Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities
Ok this one isn't officially out, but again, James comes through (When you're straining to keep pace with the fast moving blast front of popular music agents on the inside are a necessity, not a luxury.)
All the songs are covers of Modest Mouse tunes. One of Mark Kozeleck's previous solo albums was all AC/DC covers (which you should appreciate, Don). That dichotomy is what makes Kozeleck appealing to me, whether he's solo or with the Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon.
I was never into Modest Mouse, despite near-hysterical prostheletyzing from my college radio DJ friends in the mid-90's. To this day they tell me that missing their show at Linnea's Cafe is one of the tragedies of my life, a dubious prospect when you consider the sheer volume of shows I've blown off by bands I like.
But Kozelek has one of the great male voices going, and his covers are more illuminating and transformative than most (check the workout Yes's Long Distance Runaround and All Mixed Up by the Cars get on Songs for a Blue Guitar.
He's never covered a song he didn't make his own, and I never had a beef with Modest Mouse's songwriting ....just their singing and playing.
So I'm enjoying this one.
It doesn't pack dynamite in both fists like Ghosts of the Great Highway, but it's a nice placeholder until he comes back with another original RHP or SKM release.
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