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Mark Kozelek
- Record Label: Caldo Verde Records
- Release Date: Aug 20, 2013
- Summary: The fourth release in 2013 for singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek is a collaborative album with Desertshore (former Red House Painters guitarist Phil Carney, drummer Mike Stevens, and pianist Chris Connolly).
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- Record Label: Caldo Verde Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Q MagazineOct 16, 2013Kozelek is typically raw, grouchy and funny, and his words find meaning in the minutiae of his own behavior and the lives of others. [Nov 2013, p.109]
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Oct 16, 2013Nuanced, dark, funny, harrowing, but also amiable, Mark Kozelek and Desertshore is one of the more digestible and entertaining documents of what could stand as the most prolific writing period of Kozelek's already inspired career.
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UncutOct 16, 2013The lumbering "Livingston Bramble" aside, the music is elegant and winding. [Nov 2013, p.74]
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Oct 16, 2013It's arguably his best of the calendar year, thanks to strong songs as well as the band’s sensitive accompaniment. Rather than evoke the romanticism of the road (as Sun Kil Moon did on 2003’s Ghosts of Great Highway) or the emotional detachment of touring life (as Kozelek does on every live album), Desertshore pry open his brain and soundtrack his thoughts.
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Oct 16, 2013Although Desertshore do very much get pushed to the background on this record (because this is, as it’s almost always been, the Mark Kozelek show), the group proves to be a great backing group that could very well unleash even more fascinating angles to Kozelek’s songwriting down the line.
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MojoOct 16, 2013Songs that initially resemble formless dirges, gradually reveal hidden depths, thanks to Desertshore's engaging backing and Kozelek's ever intriguing lyrics. [Nov 2013, p.84]
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