![]() Mark didn’t know this, so Mark sounding more exhausted as the song goes is because he got frustrated at how long it was going. Katy Song was apparently supposed to be shorter for the album version, but when band parts were recorded first, they were told to drag out the second section extra long. The outro is probably the best part, a call for help and asking why Mark is treated the way he is.ĭown Through is another short song that I felt was too short for its own good, but I like how the guitar sets up the walk down the hill as he’s pushed away from the house he once sat in by the pain he caused himself. ![]() It’s a tough song that I didn’t really click with my first few listens, but it did eventually get there. Grace Cathedral Park is a fleeting and short song with an amazing guitar beat and nice lyrics. I have a lot of thoughts to write down for each track, so bear with me. So that strained, stressed sound present on it wasn’t faked. Some of the record engineers were ordered by 4AD Records head Ivo to make recording as stressful as possible to put Kozelek under a LOT of pressure in order to get a more genuine performance out of him. ![]() That said, the album is a massive case of enforced method acting. I hadn’t heard it in years, and though there are some beautiful things I had forgotten about - a delicate piano in “Things Mean a Lot”, the way the band brings life to “Brown Eyes”, and the chorus of “Strawberry Hill” - what I remembered most, even when I look at the album’s cover, is nine months of worry.” But for me, it is and will always be the most difficult to get through. It’s an album that Kozelek has trouble going back to, saying in an interview “I know the Rollercoaster album is many people’s favorite. The label owner made helpful suggestions, but never demanded anything. Backgroundįollowing Down Colorful Hill, the album was recording in multiple recording sessions that spawned 23 songs culled from Mark Kozelek’s back-catalog, 14 of which comprised the album. I had never heard anything from Red House Painters, and these are my final thoughts cobbled together over five listens, reading a Wikipedia page, and looking up trivia. ![]() Are you ready?įor context, I have no experience with Slowcore, this being my first rodeo altogether with any album like it. Time for my first full review on the website. ![]()
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