Holy shit is it actually Mark Kozelek singing on pic related? I know it's been 25 years but how the fuck did he go from being a weeb with a high pitched voice to the grumpiest old man in music?
Holy shit is it actually Mark Kozelek singing on pic related...
Wyatt Thomas
Matthew Edwards
Everyone you know dying does that to you.
Dominic Anderson
he was pretty grumpy then too
Carter Howard
>We translate
>Japanese to English
>And English to Japan
>Ese
Isaiah Morris
He just wanted the Lord to kill the pain
Camden Lopez
being an unadmired being for that length of time
presumably after-the-fact recognition makes him grumpier yet
Jackson Richardson
he grew old and realized how stale and impersonal the style had become
Jaxson White
>but how the fuck did he go from being a weeb with a high pitched voice to the grumpiest old man in music?
He outgrew his virgin slowcore phase and became a chad ramble-core artist.
Anthony Jenkins
Anyone else think Lord Kill the Pain sounds Smithsy?
Chase Foster
...
Ian Wilson
Cute cat.
Gabriel Cruz
Yeah, how did he go from making one of the greatest works of music ever to ranting over arpeggios
Tyler Morales
absolutely, I'd bet Mark was a huge morrissey fanboy back in the day
and I'd bet he resents him now
Nathan Kelly
...
David Rivera
>I drank so much tea I wrote my letters in Kanji
But seriously, why was he so fucking weeb?
Landon Thompson
Had the total opposite happen. Knew RHP and after years heard Sun Kill Moon. Couldn't understand why Mark was doing funny voices pretending to be a cowboy
Jacob Gomez
Wow!
Jack Hernandez
24 is best song off the record though, which features Mark's least weeb delivery of lyrics
David Morgan
do you even william carlos williams?
love,
the 28 club
Jack Barnes
He seems less grumpy on that Jesu collab album.
He seemed at peace and showing he has a sense of humor..
Jack Carter
>weeb delivery
?
Carson Morales
damn
Mason Jenkins
It's
>We translate Japanese to English, and English to Japan with ease
Camden Adams
i dont know but this and the next album he put out were fucking godtier
Lincoln Stewart
exactly this
he grew out of romanticizing depression and angst and decided to tool his songwriting style toward introspection and reflection, eventually ditching abstraction outright in favor of sincerity
it's a natural progression with age, but not many musicians have the balls to actually switch it up like that, in fear of losing the fans
Josiah Thompson
>he grew out of romanticizing depression and angst
he never did taht in the first place. he said in a interview majority of that stuff he wrote about is from a happy place
Noah Garcia
>sincerity
homie have you heard 24, medicine bottle and the title track
i'd argue that you'd probably have to be one depressed son of a bitch to write songs like those; they're utter drainers, energetically and emotionally.
Camden Reyes
they're intense yes, but mark's work of that time was more like poetry set to music. you can tell it was meticulously pored over and crafted, it's art for art's sake. perhaps "romanticizing depression" is a strong term, but there is certainly some strong romantic approach to emotion going on there
his stuff now is like rattling off leaves from a diary over acoustic guitar. personal, relatable, universal, but far more raw. it's art imitating life, and it tickles the emotions through pointed reference to events, rather than a template emotion displayed over the entire work like with RHP
it's a clear difference in approach that makes sense chronologically
Chase Long
that's fair enough. "raw" is definitely the middle ground i think we were both looking for here, i totally agree. i used to be a huge red house painters junkie but i rarely listen to them these days. shit legitimately makes me lethargic and down.
my favorite rhp songs:
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Joshua Green
>not posting their best song
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Ryder Reed
it's not. but it would've been less retarded.
Joshua Richardson
I love that jesu colab, probably one of my favourite records atm