Saturday 4 June 2011

Song Of The Day 04/06/2011: Red House Painters - Void

Old Ramon is probably my favourite Red House Painters record. It's not a widely held opinion - Mark Kozelek released many albums that have been both more critically and more commercially successful - but it was the first one I heard, and nothing else he's done has the sheer emotional power of the first 4 tracks. This is my favourite of the 4, a stunningly atmospheric song. I'm never quite sure what the mood of it is - on the surface, it feels extremely miserable, but none of the things he sings about seem to really matter to him.

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