release date: Feb. 19, 2013
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,02]
producer: Mark Kozelek
label: Caldo Verde Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 4. "Young Girls" - 7. "Silly Girl" - 9. "Carpet Crawlers"
A cover songs studio album by Mark Kozelek featuring Kozelek's very personal versions released on Caldo Verde. The original songs represent a huge mix of styles and genres as well as covering multiple decades. In Kozelek's acoustic singer / songwriter versions they all become alt. folk-styled with Kozelek on acoustic guitar and vocal. "Young Girls" is a song performed by Bruno Mars, "Silly Girl" is a song performed by The Descendents, and "Carpet Crawlers" is by Genesis.
Kozelek is an artist who doesn't forget to praise the music and artists he admires. On Songs for a Blue Guitar (Jul. 1996) by Red House Painters, he included three covers, on his ep-debut Rock 'n' Roll Singer
(Jun. 2000) he included four covers, and his full-length debut album What's Next to the Moon (Feb. 2001) is entirely made up of covers originally by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, and the second album released under the name of Sun Kil Moon Tiny Cities (Nov. 2005) is entirely made up of songs by indie rock band Modest Mouse. Likewise, his live-concerts never seem to miss covers, and he simply enjoy doing covers from all styles and genres, and by doing so, heavily alters the original arrangements.
I have tried, and mostly I really enjoy albums by Mark Kozelek, but I just don't get this very complex album.
