Mark Kozelek
The Finally LP
Release Date: Dec 9, 2008
Genre(s): Indie, Rock
Record label: Caldo Verde
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Album Review: The Finally LP by Mark Kozelek
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7.5/10
Mark Kozelek's back-catalog as the creative force behind the Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon is brimming with quietly staggering original records of sepia-faded depth and a paradoxically radiant bleakness. It is his ability not just to interpret the songs of others but to incorporate them into his fingerplucked world of lovely sadness, though, that makes him such a intensely satisfying and occasionally surprising performer. The Finally LP’s collection of acoustic covers lacks the miracle of surprise -- Kozelek’s 2001 album, Rock ‘N Roll Singer, which found him turning in a set of slow-motioned and gorgeous covers of Bon Scott-era AC/DC tunes, has already set the standard for his interpretive gifts.
Based on rating 6/10
Red House Painters' Mark Kozelek has contributed to many compilations, indie soundtracks, dance troupe theater pieces, and tribute albums, as well as recorded prodigiously, even if plenty remains in the can. As such, it can be difficult for less than absolutely fanatical fans to keep straight. The Finally LP is an attempt to organize some of this loose material into some sort of coherent whole.