Most Sun Kil Moon records seem deeply entrenched in Mark Kozelek's head, both lyrically and musically. In Kozelek's works with Desertshore, we very much get the same lyrical approach, but the biggest surprise of this release is that the music sounds so... ordinary. Oddly enough, it works very well on a couple of songs - "Mariette", complemented by sunny soft jazz guitars is a surprisingly good compliment to Kozelek's vocals, "Hey You Bastards I'm Still Here" is deeply moving and relatable in a way only a Kozelek song. The rest of the album has its moments, but unfortunately falls flat and ordinary, with Kozelek almost falling into the music rather than standing out from it.
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