History Music / SunKilMoon

** ''Admiral Fell Promises'' is a drastic change to the band's sound, eschewing almost everything that made Sun Kil Moon great sonically in favor of a sound inspired by the well-known Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia.

* LongTitle: "The Moderately Talented Yet Attractive Young Woman vs. The Exceptionally Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man" among many others.

* DreamTeam: SKM have released two collaborative albums with the metalgaze band Music/{{Jesu}}.

The project's future is currently unknown due to allegations against Kozelek, putting the 2020 release of ''Welcome to Sparks, Nevada'' on hold until November. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Discussions be taken elsewhere.]]

The project's future is currently unknown due to allegations against Kozelek, putting the 2020 release of ''Welcome to Sparks, Nevada'' on hold until November[[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Discussions be taken elsewhere.]]

The project's future is currently unknown due to allegations against Kozelek, putting the 2020 release of ''Welcome to Sparks, Nevada'' on hold. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Discussions be taken elsewhere.]]

* ''Welcome to Sparks, Nevada'' (?[[note]]Was slated for a 2020 release, however as stated above, the Kozelek allegations have put the album in the backburner.[[/note]])

* ''Welcome to Sparks, Nevada'' (?[note]Was slated for a 2020 release, however as stated above, the Kozelek allegations have put the album in the backburner.[/note])

* EpicRocking: Sun Kill Moon keeps up with the tradition set by [[Music/RedHousePainters Kozelek's previous band]] and has several tunes that exceed the 5 minute mark. However the best example is probably the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome 14 minute and 33 second epic]] by the name of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPxpssV-Mg "Duk Koo Kim"]]

After they recorded what would be their final album, ''Old Ramon'', they were dropped off of Island Records and the album was shelved for 4 years. In 2001, it was finally released, but the band had broken up from the stressful conditions of the TroubledProduction. So Mark got two of his old collaborators back together with him with a slew of session musicians. The sound of the Red House Painters had changed so drastically that Mark decided to rename the project to Sun Kil Moon.

Their first album ''Ghosts of the Great Highway'' was released in 2003 to great critical acclaim and record sales for any {{Slowcore}} act and for any Mark Kozelek-related project. The next album, a Music/ModestMouse cover album, ''Tiny Cities'' was released to mostly positive reviews in 2005. It was in 2008 that the act got a great deal of critical reception when they released ''April'', a sprawling, folk influenced album. Kozelek followed it up in 2010 with ''Admiral Fall Promises'', on which he was the sole musician. Although the album was met with generally positive reviews, some fans were disappointed in the fact that Kozelek eschewed the layered arrangements that were present on his previous work.

* ''Ghosts of the Great Highway''
* ''Tiny Cities'' (Music/ModestMouse cover album)
* ''April''
* ''Admiral Fell Promises''
* ''Among the Leaves''
* ''Benji''
* ''Universal Themes''
* ''Jesu/Sun Kil Moon'' (collaboration with {{Music/Jesu}})
* ''Common as Light and Love are Red Valleys of Blood''
* ''30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth'' (collaboration with {{Music/Jesu}})

* DreamTeam: He recently released a collaborative album with the metalgaze band Music/{{Jesu}}.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''April'' which dials back the Neil Young influenced soloing present on ''Ghosts Of The Great Highway'' in favor of a darker, grittier, more acoustic sound.

* CoverAlbum- ''Tiny Cities'' and the recently released live album, ''Like Rats''.

* EpicRocking- Sun Kill Moon keeps up with the tradition set by [[Music/RedHousePainters Kozelek's previous band]] and has several tunes that exceed the 5 minute mark. However the best example is probably the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome 14 minute and 33 second epic]] by the name of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPxpssV-Mg "Duk Koo Kim"]]
* GenreShift- As if the change from Red House Painters wasn't enough, the downright bleak, gritty traditional folk sound of ''April'' surprised a lot of people.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: "Space Travel Is Boring"
* IAmTheBand- Kozelek when he decides to write out every part of the music.

* LongTitle- "The Moderately Talented Yet Attractive Young Woman vs. The Exceptionally Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man" among many others.

* SpiritualSuccessor- To the Music/RedHousePainters.
* TextlessAlbumCover: ''April'', ''Admiral Fell Promises'', ''Benji'', ''Universal Themes'', and ''Sun Kil Moon With Jesu''.

* LongTitle- "The Moderately Talented Yet Attractive Young Woman vs. The Exceptionally Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man"

* TextlessAlbumCover: ''April'', ''Admiral Fell Promises'' and ''Benji''

Their first album ''Ghosts of the Great Highway'' was released in 2003 to great critical acclaim and record sales for any {{Slowcore}} act and for any Mark Kozelek-related project. The next album, a ModestMouse cover album, ''Tiny Cities'' was released to mostly positive reviews in 2005. It was in 2008 that the act got a great deal of critical reception when they released ''April'', a sprawling, folk influenced album. Kozelek followed it up in 2010 with ''Admiral Fall Promises'', on which he was the sole musician. Although the album was met with generally positive reviews, some fans were disappointed in the fact that Kozelek eschewed the layered arrangements that were present on his previous work.

In January of 2014, the band released their sixth album, titled ''Benji'', which continued the lyrical tread set by it's predecessor. The album has been met with some of the most positive reception in Kozelek's career.

In Janissary of 2014, the band released their sixth album, titled ''Benji'', which continued the lyrical tread set by it's predecessor. The album has been met with some of the most positive reception in Kozelek's career.