Sun Kil Moon is the current project of singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band, Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake all the writing, composing, singing and guitar playing accompanied by Tim Mooney and Anthony Koutsos on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass. The band is named after Korean bantamweight boxer Moon Sung-Kil. [1] [2] With Sun Kil Moon, Kozelek continues to plough his own singular furrow of folk-tinged alternative rock, nostalgic, autobiographical lyrics and distinctive cover versions.Their debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway, was written entirely by Kozelek (except "Somewhere" written by Leonard Bernstein), and released by Jetset Records in 2003. It is an album centered around the theme of memory, connecting Kozelek's haunting memories with the true-life stories of deceased boxers, such as featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez and flyweight Pancho Villa. Kozelek's music with Sun Kil Moon spans genres such as the simple acous

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