Mark Kozelek announces new Sun Kil Moon record

There are only scant details emerging at this stage, but if it's anything like Benji, then it's definitely something to keep both eyes on.

Kozelek was our Songwriter of 2014, with Senior Editor Thomas Hannan saying:

"For one thing, Mark Kozelek is the most captivating lyricist I’ve heard since Morrissey started saying nothing to me about myyy liiiiife. Yes, he’s often so blatant in his wordplay that he makes Randy Newman seem like Captain Beefheart, but as Ray Honeybourne noted in his review of Benji - discussing the song “Pray For Newtown” - he’s not without nuance. Quoting the line “There were shootings at a Portland mall/It was everyday America – and that’s all”, Ray praises how “the said and the implied unsaid create the eloquence” to a line that could be understood by a five year old, yet contains so much horror that anyone of any age would be given the shivers if they contemplated it for long."

Universal Themes is set for release 2 June on Caldo Verde.

Listen to already-released track "The Possum" below, and then check out the new album's tracklist after,

Tracklist:

1. The Possum
2. Birds of Flims
3. With a Sort of Grace I Walked to the Bathroom to Cry
4. Garden of Lavender
5. Cry Me a River Williamsburg Sleeve Tattoo Blues
6. Ali/Spinks 2
7. Little Rascals
8. This Is My First Day and I'm Indian and I Work at a Gas Station