"Benji" reviews

lament

And the NYT pieces thrown in for good measure..

http://www.earbuddy.net/41663/sun-kil-moon-benji.html/reviews
http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9320-mark-kozelek/
http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/benji/
http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/sun-kil-moons-mark-kozelek-shakes-the-mid-career-blues-to-deliver-a-staggering-new-album/
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18860-sun-kil-moon-benji/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/the-song-remains-the-same-and-kind-of-blue/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/a-love-song-to-mom-from-me-and-bonnie-prince-billy/
http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/02/album-review-sun-kil-moon-benji/
http://www.spin.com/reviews/sun-kil-moon-benji-mark-kozelek
http://thetalkhouse.com/reviews/view/david-bazan-mark-kozelek
http://www.popmatters.com/review/178446-sun-kil-moon-benji/
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/02/sun-kil-moon-benji.html
http://www.theawl.com/2014/02/great-american-memoir
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-sun-kil-moon-tinariwen-temples-sunn-o-katy-b-serge-gainsbourg-9112193.html

Nick

Strangely enough, I found Spin's review quite interesting.

lament

http://www.thegridto.com/culture/music/sun-kil-moon-benji/

klaher

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/09/sun-kil-moon-benji-mark-kozelek-review

klaher

http://www.allmusic.com/album/benji-mw0002608243

klaher

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/arts/music/albums-from-sun-kil-moon-and-robert-ellis.html?_r=0
http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/sun-kil-moon-benji/
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/benji-20140211

DonaldDuckKooKim

or maybe better here somehow: http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/234-sun-kil-moon-benji-glossary/

...although I'm not quite sure of the purpose...but it's got a quite a few nice lines: "Also, the song that was playing when Mark Kozelek hooked up with Patricia, making it possibly the only time anybody’s gotten horny while listening to Roger Waters sing."

fuck, it's hilarious.^^

katondepena

Album-of-the-Week at Stereogum:
http://www.stereogum.com/1663392/album-of-the-week-sun-kil-moon-benji/franchises/album-of-the-week/

lament

FYI I'm keeping track of all these here:

http://sadreminders.com/post/76330949394/a-round-up-of-sun-kil-moon-benji-reviews-and

klaher

Ok we have ourselves a different point of view:

http://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2014/02/11/sun-kil-moon-benji-sucks/

micro77s

Well. So ….

Noise_Annoys

Wow. That really is a pasting. I must say, though, the imaginary narrative at the start amused me no end, ha ha! I've only listened to Benji a couple of times, so I'm not in a position to give a comprehensive opinion on it, but....that writer does make some valid points about Mark's lyrical content and delivery.

TowelsForEveryone

I'm always amused that the people who ~hate~ Pitchfork are probably the most concerned whether they give an album a high undeserved rating or not.

SaintDan

@klaher - that's a review. Although I don't overly agree with the majority of the article, it was a good read. Two things got my interest, specifically ;

"two people die by aerosol can explosion on this record."

...and secondly, the targeted Google Ad at the bottom, which for me personally is enticing me to buy Chestnut Caramel wood flooring. Maybe i'll give Gustavo a ring and see if he wants some work. A little sad that no housewives in my area wish to meet up with me today though. I bet Mark get's that on his laptop.

DonaldDuckKooKim

the review itself is pretty bad. i did enjoy the intro though. pretty sure that something like that actually happened.

GuyInTennisShoes

klaher said:
Ok we have ourselves a different point of view:

http://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2014/02/11/sun-kil-moon-benji-sucks/

This narrative part at the beginning cracked me up.

The rest of it was kinda...wrong, though. I mean, this board is just as critical of MK as the reviewer is, not full of apologists. And, April was just OK IMO, not one that he is "never going to top."

TowelsForEveryone

That review is bitter as hell but to be honest I kinda like it. Except for the mention of Pitchfork's 9.2 like it was big fucking deal (like they don't pull those ratings out of their asses) and the Sad Reminders "apologists"--I can't think of anywhere else on the web where Mark gets more hatred than on this forum--it's well written with some valid points, and the intro is too funny.

AaronHenry

"The artist sighs. It’s a long, exasperated sigh. He stops to think about the cute girls he will never have the chance to bang. He thinks about his friend Ben, and the possibility of pizza. He thinks about everybody he’s ever known; everybody who has lived, and everyone who has died. He thinks about every mistake he’s ever made in his entire life."

fucking cracked me up

I secretly agree with stuff in this article except for his take on AFP. That WAS one of his best albums ever.

klaher

Review for www.meg.ie.

http://www.meg.ie/sun-kil-moon-benji/

klaher

http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2014/02/13/music-review-benji

http://blog.kexp.org/2014/02/12/album-review-sun-kil-moon-benji/

http://www.guitarworld.com/acoustic-nation-first-listen-sun-kil-moon-s-benji

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/291351/

Nick

I just checked Norman Records for their review of the album and there I found our beloved @MrHanky in the company of his Grumpmaster Koz:

http://www.normanrecords.com/records/144752-sun-kil-moon-benji-?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly Update Friday 7 February 2014&utm_content=Weekly Update Friday 7 February 2014+CID_de6af08a2bef43eb3415b43fc0b9f59e&utm_source=EmailMarketingSoftware&utm_term=Sun Kil Moon

lament

Nick said:
I just checked Norman Records for their review of the album and there I found our beloved @MrHanky in the company of his Grumpmaster Koz:

http://www.normanrecords.com/records/144752-sun-kil-moon-benji-?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly Update Friday 7 February 2014&utm_content=Weekly Update Friday 7 February 2014+CID_de6af08a2bef43eb3415b43fc0b9f59e&utm_source=EmailMarketingSoftware&utm_term=Sun Kil Moon

ha yeah I saw that before and was going to say something. I used to trade CDs with Phil (the owner) back in the 90's.

klaher

http://www.bcheights.com/arts-review/sun-kil-moon-s-folk-record-benji-gleams-with-sincerity-1.3139974#.Uv3Q9bDivcs

MrHanky

@Nick Ha Ha I really enjoyed doing that but at that stage I hadn't even heard the album I'm pretty sure (just a few select tracks). Did you like (Isaac B)rock n roll....I thought that was quite clever if I have to say so myself

Nick

MrHanky said:
Did you like (Isaac B)rock n roll....I thought that was quite clever if I have to say so myself

hahaha yeah, remarkable!

klaher

http://littlebylisten.com/2014/02/12/sun-kil-moon-review-benji/

http://spectrumculture.com/2014/02/sun-kil-moon-benji.html/

http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/sun-kil-moon-benji

http://thefirenote.com/2014/02/12/sun-kil-moon-benji-album-review/

klaher

http://duklapragueawaykit.com/2014/02/17/sun-kil-moon-benji/

nicktwisp

By far the best review for Benji I've read. This one is perfect for Sad Reminders members:

[Some songs on Benj] are rendered in the simplest of terms, often so blatantly and artlessly that you can’t help but cringe.

Tiny Mix Tapes - http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/sun-kil-moon-benji

G0LDEN_BEAR

holy shit @nicktwisp, that's a killer review!

talked last night with a fellow Koz-lover who shared similar sentiments:

"it's like a punch to the gut, & a stab to the back..."

nice find.

TowelsForEveryone

Good god, TheNeedleDrop just gave it a 9/10, with a NO LEAST FAV TRACK

AaronHenry

That review was cringe-worthy.