release date: Apr. 1, 2008
format: 2 cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,88]
producer: Mark Kozelek
label: Caldo Verde Records - nationality: USA
Tracklist: 1. "Lost Verses" - 2. "The Light" (4 / 5) - 3. "Lucky Man" - 4. "Unlit Hallway" - 5. "Heron Blue" - 6. "Moorestown" - 7. "Harper Road" - 8. "Tonight the Sky" - 9. "Like the River" - 10. "Tonight in Bilbao" - 11. "Blue Orchids" (4 / 5)
3rd studio album by Sun Kil Moon following the covers album Tiny Cities (2005) is a 2-disc and 2 lp standard release issued on Caldo Verde. The CD issue contains a bonus disc containing four alternate versions (not included on the vinyl issue) of tracks #10, #2, #9 and #8 on the standard album.
Again, the style is intact and there's only small changes from Kozelek's "normal" alt. folk style. The compositions here are just a bit more orchestrated than was heard on its predecessor Tiny Cities and a few tracks are more folk rock-oriented, which suits their harmonies so fine, and they also point more directly back to the fine indie rock debut Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003). All tracks here are credited Kozelek and that's really when he shines the most. And therefore, this album also makes it to be the so far second best by this interesting artist, in my opinion.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5, Slant 4 / 5, Rolling Stone 3 / 5 stars ]
