• Reissue In stock. Shipping now. Before he was making headlines as Sun Kil Moon, Mark Kozelek was the frontman and principle songwriter of San Francisco alternative rock group Red House Painters. Between 1992 and 1995, Red House Painters released four albums through 4AD that introduced the world to Kozelek’s singular songwriting and intensely autobiographical lyrical styles.

Having been out of print for some 20-odd years now, 4AD have collected those four records together for a long-overdue reissue series, bringing together the Painters’ raw, demo-like debut Down Colorful Hill, their two self-titled albums released back-to-back in 1993, and their stripped-back final album for the label Ocean Beach, packaged alongside the shorter Shock Me EP.

This April will see the release of Red House Painters, an LP boxset containing Red House Painters' celebrated 4AD. Red House Painters were luckier. Shock Me is an EP by American slowcore band Red House. Introspective Red House Painters seemingly influenced by a parallel world where Nick Drake shoegazed it up.

• • Desertshore Past members • • Anthony Koutsos • Jerry Vessel • Gorden Mack • Phil Carney Red House Painters were an American band, formed in, in 1988. They were one of the most prominent acts associated with the / subgenre. Fronted by primary songwriter (vocals, guitar), the band also included drummer Anthony Koutsos and bass guitarist Jerry Vessel. Guitarists Gorden Mack and Phil Carney both performed with the band during separate six-year tenures. In 2001, Red House Painters quietly dissolved, with Koutsos, Vessel and Carney continuing to record and perform with Kozelek under his new guise until 2010.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] While in, Ohio-born Kozelek became friends with Anthony Koutsos, a drummer. He then moved to,, adding guitarist Gorden Mack and bassist Jerry Vessel to complete the line-up for Red House Painters. After forming, the group played the San Francisco scene extensively, and recorded demos from 1989 to 1992. The band were signed to in 1992, on the strength of a demo tape passed to 4AD boss by frontman. Journalist Martin Aston passed on a tape that Mark Eitzel had given to him.

Never before or since had I received a demo that was 90 minutes long! In fact, it was quite some time before I actually listened to the whole thing all the way through. Every morning and evening, driving to and from work, I would start at the beginning, '24' (I know, I know, what more do you need to hear, right? What a song.), but only get about half way through that and whatever the second song on the tape was before arriving home/at 4AD.

When I finally did listen to the full 90 minutes I called young Mark K. And left him a message. I learned later he was sitting in the bath listening to me talk. It was a perfect time for me to hear that brilliant band. — Ivo Watts-Russell Between September 1992 and March 1995, the band released three LPs, one double LP, and one EP. Their first 4AD release was an album made up of demos entitled. In 1993, the group came out with two self-titled records (now commonly referred to as and because of their cover artwork).

Edit Multi Page Pdf Inkscape Review. In early 1994, they released an EP entitled, featuring two cover versions of an -written song. The introspective followed in spring 1995. Founding guitarist Gorden Mack left shortly after the album's release, and he was replaced shortly thereafter by Phil Carney. While Kozelek was beginning work on a solo project, he parted ways with 4AD after a tumultuous relationship, so was eventually released on subsidiary Supreme Recordings/Polygram in summer 1996. The album featured lengthy guitar jams and cover songs, and was the band's biggest seller in the U.S. By early 1998, their sixth album was completed.

However, the band was beginning to dissolve, and major label mergers during the late 1990s would leave the record in limbo; it was not until 2001 that was issued on the label. Dissolution and post-breakup [ ] Prior to the release of Old Ramon, Kozelek released a solo seven-song EP entitled in 2000. The record consisted of three original acoustic compositions with minor full-band arrangements and four covers (three from -era, and 's 'Around and Around') that further revealed Kozelek's fascination with 1970s classic rock.