| Artist |
Sun Kil Moon |
| Album Title: |
April |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD (2) |
| Released |
04/01/2008 |
| Label |
Caldo Verde Records |
| Catalog No |
CV006 |
| Bar Code No |
63445719632 |
| Packaging |
Digipack |
| Tracks |
| April |
| 1.
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Lost Verses (9:43)
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| 2.
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The Light (7:49)
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| 3.
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Lucky Man (5:47)
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| 4.
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Unlit Hallway (4:18)
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| 5.
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Heron Blue (7:38)
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| 6.
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Moorestown (4:40)
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| 7.
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Harper Road (3:56)
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| 8.
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Tonight The Sky (10:21)
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| 9.
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Like The River (4:09)
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| 10.
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Tonight In Bilbao (9:27)
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| 11.
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Blue Orchids (5:56)
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| April (Bonus Disc) |
| 1.
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Tonight In Bilbao (Alt. Version) (9:42)
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| 2.
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The Light (Alt. Version) (6:02)
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| 3.
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Like The River (Alt. Version) (3:03)
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| 4.
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Tonight The Sky (Alt. Version) (7:35)
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| Date Acquired |
07/11/2008 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Duluth |
| Purchase Price |
13.99 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Design – David Rager
Engineer [Hyde Street, Additional] – Steve Armstrong
Engineer [Hyde Street] – Aaron Prellwitz
Engineer [Two Sticks Studios] – Jason McGerr
Engineer [Well Recording, Additional] – HT Waterman
Engineer [Well Recording] – Geoff Stanfield
Instruments [Additional] – David Revelli, Michi Aceret
Mastered By – John Golden
Musician – Anthony Koutsos, Geoff Stanfield, Mark Kozelek
Photography By – Nyree Watts
Songwriter [All Songs Written], Producer – Mark Kozelek
Vocals [Additional] – Ben Gibbard, Bonnie Prince Billy, Eric Pollard
Recorded At – Hyde Street Studios
Recorded At – Well Recording
Recorded At – Two Sticks Audio
Published By – God Forbid Publishing
Manufactured By – Redeye
Distributed By – Redeye
Pressed By – AMI Media – R02090816
Pressed By – AMI Media – R02090817
Ben Gibbard appears courtesy of Atlantic Records.
Recorded at Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco.
Additional recording at Well Recording and Two Sticks Studios.
Mastered in Ventura.
Published by God Forbid, BMI
First 2,008 copies signed and numbered by Mark Kozelek. This is the unsigned version.
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log date: 2014-10-08 04:11:47
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Analyzed: Sun Kil Moon / April
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -0.04 dB -14.09 dB 9:43 01-Lost Verses
DR11 -0.04 dB -13.31 dB 7:50 02-The Light
DR13 -0.08 dB -15.85 dB 5:47 03-Lucky Man
DR12 -0.04 dB -13.99 dB 4:19 04-Unlit Hallway
DR13 -0.09 dB -16.78 dB 7:38 05-Heron Blue
DR10 -0.08 dB -13.60 dB 4:41 06-Moorestown
DR12 -0.07 dB -14.92 dB 3:56 07-Harper Road
DR10 -0.04 dB -12.27 dB 10:21 08-Tonight the Sky
DR13 -0.04 dB -15.71 dB 4:09 09-Like the River
DR12 -0.04 dB -14.58 dB 9:28 10-Tonight in Bilbao
DR13 -1.25 dB -17.33 dB 5:56 11-Blue Orchids
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 621 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-10-08 04:11:23
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Analyzed: Sun Kil Moon / April (bonus disc)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.08 dB -14.71 dB 9:43 01-Tonight in Bilbao (alternate version)
DR13 -0.09 dB -16.42 dB 6:02 02-The Light (alternate version)
DR11 -1.49 dB -16.80 dB 3:03 03-Like the River (alternate version)
DR13 -2.27 dB -19.02 dB 7:36 04-Tonight the Sky (alternate version)
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Number of tracks: 4
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 568 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Thom Jurek
Despite the change in his band's name from Red House Painters to Sun Kil Moon, songwriter Mark Kozelek has changed very little in the past decade-and-a-half. Sure there was a left turn when he did a rather unorthodox (to say the least) album of covers of Modest Mouse tunes, but he recorded those songs as if they were his own and performed them like that as well. There are forces at work in Kozelek's own songs that follow like a ghost train from one destination to the next. April is no different. Memory is the fossil fuel that drives his creativity unhurriedly along a rather labyrinthine maze to the same place: wherever he is, he wishes he were somewhere else. But it's also the acceptance of that fact that makes these songs what they are. His touch on the guitar varies. In its trademark loping, ever-so-slowly unfolding of a ten-minute narrative like "Lost Verses," it's a blend of acoustic and electric guitars, and he hovers around the same three chords like it's a mantra as his words come from some place caught between the depths and instructional truth revealed over time, and the immediate wince of powerful emotions. It's a tension, but one that is not unbearable or taut. "The Light," evokes Neil Young at his most languid. Layers of distorted, warm-toned, countrified 4/4 time, with a single trance-like snare, hi-hat and bass drum, and four-note bassline to pace the words along their great length. There are other times, though, where Kozelek just lets it rip, as on "Tonight the Sky" that touches on Young's riff from "Ohio," as well as "Like a Hurricane." The volume level varies, the droning drums and bassline walk a line and make so much space for the guitar overdubs that at first, the lyrics are almost superficial -- but anyone who has listened to Kozelek for any period of time knows that this is a mistake. They are clear enough to hear, but feel like an afterthought to that druggy loose vibe coming up from the garaged out instrumental mix. At some point -- and it's different in each tune -- the vocal cracks open with some nearly unbearable truth, so personal, so ultimately gut-wrenching that the listener catches her breath, caught between empathy and embarrassment for the singer. The release that takes place at about the six-minute mark, where the vocals are all but swallowed by the guitars, is liberating for moment, but it also swallows the protagonist whole. Kozelek handles all the guitar chores, and has a wonderfully empathic rhythm section in Geoff Stanfield and Anthony Koustsos. Bonnie "Prince" Billy appears on "Unlit Hallway," while Ben Gibbard and Eric Pollard also guest. And those choruses, those backing vocals that seem to float up to where they can be heard, but just barely? They are among the most glorious elements of the sound -- on this record in particular. Kozelek is simply continuing on his way here, but that said, to stand apart from all the superlatives and just get lost in his creation here, he has made the best record of his career. This is as perfect an entry point, as it is a summation -- no easy feat -- of where he's been thus far; which is to say, he's always back at the guitar, writing and playing from that haunted center and trying to make sense of the weight, the grief, and the love both expressed and received along his lonesome road. Early versions of April also contain a bonus disc with four alternate versions of album tracks.
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