想像一下Mark Kozelek終於不再憂鬱不再絕望不再慘情的模樣，究竟是有如孟克吶喊般的驚悚，還是會像莫內睡蓮般使人平靜？答案就是平凡。但這份平凡卻不是負評，因為我們終於能一窺這位民謠大師有笑有淚的真實人生。整張專輯的架構依舊建立在民謠與草根藍調之上，如流水般傾洩而出的旋律和從樹林間穿過的吉他撥弦，它們的感應頻率卻更貼近於聽者內心，生命的酸甜苦盡在其中，除了想要慘上加慘、愁裡添愁的時刻外，我們居然也能在一般日子聆聽Sun kil Moon。這還有什麼好苛求的呢？ In a few months, Red House Painters mastermind Mark Kozelek will return with Among The Leaves, the latest album under his Sun Kil Moon moniker. As Beats Per Minute points out, there’s a lengthy description of the new album on the Caldo Verde Records site, which claims that Kozelek mostly recorded the new LP on nylon-string guitar, and that it involves Kozelek “singing playfully.” This could be interesting, seeing as how Kozelek is not usually a barrel of laughs. We’ve got the tracklist below, and a live preview of “Sunshine In Chicago” from the Shiving Songs Festival.