Interesting.

I'll check this out.

if it's anything like Benji then he's a good piece of shit and i like him

This is incredible. My first experience with anything Kozelek has done and damn, i'm hooked.

Forgot this was coming out soon - pretty stoked

I wasn't too keen on Benji but dang another one so soon? I'll check.

I really want to like this, and it's not bad, just not my cup o' tea.

^That's how I feel about this artist in general

i mean it's been over a year, that's pretty standard

I dunno, "standard" for everyone else seems to be about 1 album every 2 years avg., at best, but that's more for bands that don't tour as much. For the rest an album every three years is a pretty good schedule.

it's usually due to the touring cycle

"this new stuff is no where near as accessible as his early work"
^Maybe this is why I am having trouble with his latest work. Benji didn't click for me and on first listen, I am having similar feelings about this.

touring cycle and there's probably more fancy in-studio stuff that can be done to make the process take longer. Bands like AC/DC put one out every two years because their music was super simple and probably took like two days to record.

I usually take it that the band put more time into the writing process.

this guy can piss off

^He shouldn't have said the whole "The War on Drugs play music for beer commercials".

I'm happy he did : )

lolol him calling out the war on drugs is great.

This isn’t accessible? Idk, I expected pussy folk shit I would’ve loved my freshman year of college, but songs like Little Rascals and With a Sort of Grace... Well I don’t know what they are but his album is way more than some shallow folk songs

listened to the first 2 minutes of With a Sort of Grace I Walked to the Bathroom to Cry and turned it off. it was getting really grating

Album is fucking badass and has some real muscle. My favorite changes every time I listen to it. First time I heard Little Rascals I thought it was kinda filler-ish, now I love it. Sign of a good album that is full of depth. I love where he is pushing his career. The end of "Today's my first day..." is amazing.

I think his fast-vocal style (almost rap like) works best with With a Sort of Grace and Cry me a River. There are some awesome lines in those that are just biting and wonderfully delivered.

What's that about Kozelek and RTJ? First time I'm hearing about it.

they took the piss out of each other for fun doing a festival, El-P loves Kozeleks music

YES

Oh, cool. Thought it was yet another one of those "controversies" everyone on the internet keeps going on about.

'I really want to like this, and it's not bad, just not my cup o' tea.'

That's exactly what I thought of Benji

Stoked to give this a listen. I liked Benji but I never got hooked on it like I did with Ghosts of the Great Highway and Admiral Fell Promises.

Dunno, I really dunno.

he sounds like he was on drugs lmao

@CaptainDooRight yes, but no it doesn't

http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/02/mark-kozelek-uncut-female-journalist-london-show/

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not really. Doubt it came completely unprovoked. Article is skimpy on detail