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Sun Kil Moon – Ben's My Friend
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The final track on Sun Kil Moon’s sixth studio album Benji, “Ben’s My Friend” serves as an epilogue of sorts, moving away from Benji’s reflective, minimalist folk to a mid-tempo
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Sun Kil Moon – Micheline
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Track #10 on Sun Kil Moon’s sixth studio album Benji.
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Sun Kil Moon – This Is My First Day and I'm Indian and I Work at a Gas Station
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“This Is My First Day and I’m Indian and I work at a Gas Station” is the final track on Sun Kil Moon’s 2015 album Universal Themes.
The melodic guitar accompaniment and simple
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Sun Kil Moon – Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes
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On Track #9 of Benji, Kozelek crafts a deeply descriptive composition about serial killer Richard Ramirez and his crime spree in the mid 80s.
The death of Ramirez in 2013
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Sun Kil Moon – I Love My Dad
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Track #7 on Sun Kil Moon’s sixth studio album Benji.
In this song, Mark Kozelek recalls the many life lessons he received from his father. Though sometimes abusive, Kozelek finds
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Sun Kil Moon – I Watched the Film "The Song Remains the Same"
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Track #8 on Sun Kil Moon’s sixth studio album Benji.
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Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard Laments A Struggling Musical Hero On “60 & Punk”
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“There’s nothing elegant in being a drunk / It’s nothing righteous being 60 and punk.”
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Sun Kil Moon – I Can't Live Without My Mother's Love
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In July of 2013, Mark Kozelek penned a New York Times piece explaining the meaning behind this tune. It didn’t have a home on an album, then, but was released as the second track
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Sun Kil Moon – Pray for Newtown
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Track #5 on Benji discusses gun violence and mass shootings worldwide, referencing shootings over a timespan from when Kozelek was in high school through to shortly before this
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Sun Kil Moon – Jim Wise
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Track #6 on Sun Kil Moon’s sixth studio album Benji.
Jim Wise recounts the story of John Wise, a friend of Mark’s father, who killed his wife after she had a stroke, then tried to
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Sun Kil Moon – This Is My Dinner
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Arrived last night to the dark city of Oslo / Along the highway to the hotel, Ben pointed out the snow / I stepped outside, and the cold air pinched my nose / I recalled the many
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Sun Kil Moon – Dogs
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Track #4 on Sun Kil Moon’s sixth studio album Benji.
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Sun Kil Moon – Truck Driver
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Track #3 on Sun Kil Moon’s sixth studio album Benji. This song is about the death of his uncle, who died accidentally when he threw an aerosol can into a pile of trash he was
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Genius Users (Ft. Genius Users) – Genius Picks: Songs 2014
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Another year brings us a whole new batch of music. As we did last year, the Genius users have selected a Top 10 list of their favorite songs that dropped throughout the year.
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Sun Kil Moon – Long Slow Spring
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[Verse 1] / Shadowboxed for 30 minutes today / Then I walked to the San Francisco bay / Took a photo of a seagull on the Golden Gate / Came back and shadowboxed another few rounds
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Jesu and Sun Kil Moon (Ft. Jesu & Sun Kil Moon) – Wheat Bread
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March 20, 2016 / Walkin' back from breakfast with Caroline and we stopped for iced tea / A fan stopped me on Decatur and said that she recognised me / I asked where she was from
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Jesu and Sun Kil Moon (Ft. Jesu & Sun Kil Moon) – Bombs
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Bombs bombs bombs / Goin' off off off off off / Bombs bombs bombs bombs bombs / Goin' off off off off off / Bombs bombs bombs bombs bombs / Goin' off off off off off off / This
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Sun Kil Moon – Carissa
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In the opening track of Benji, Kozelek initiates motifs that run throughout the album of death, regret, grief, childhood, home, nostalgia and family, with a reflection on the death
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