Sun Kil Moon
When the Red House Painters finally ran out of creative paint, singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek focused his attention on a new band with a new line up and a new sense of purpose. Never quite comfortable releasing material under his given name, Kozelek usually dreams up inventive band names to slap on albums that are largely solo works. Sun Kil Moon is no exception. The band is basically Kozelek armed with a revolving cast of outside musicians who rarely perform on more than one Sun Kil Moon release. An avid boxing enthusiast, Sun Kil Moon is a play on words of bantamweight Korean boxer Moon Sung-Kil. Song titles from the band’s debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003 Jetset) are elusions to past and present boxing icons like “Pancho... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Alternative/Indie, Dream Pop
- City Of Origin:
- San Francisco, ,California United States
- Formed Date:
- 2002
