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[Posted Thursday, October 9th, 2003 05:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

Onetime Red House Painter and huge AC/DC fan Mark Kozelek is ready to roll out a new album, Ghosts of the Great Highway, with his new band, Sun Kil Moon, on Jetset Records this November 4th. The album was recorded in San Francisco between March 2002 and May 2003 with drummers Anthony Koutsos (Red House Painters) and Tim Mooney (American Music Club), Seattle bassist Geoff Stanfield (ex-Black Lab) and a string trio from the San Francisco Conservatory. The album was recorded by San Francisco engineer Aaron Prellwitz (Red House Painters, Hella).

At least some of this material might already be somewhat familiar to the obsessive completist, as "Duk Koo Kim" already came out on Cameron Crowe's Vinyl Records as a ten-inch single earlier this year. And yes, the Glenn Tipton of the opening track's title is indeed the guitarist from Judas Priest, for whom the song is apparently named. Don't ever say that we don't go the extra mile here at Pitchfork to chase down every last reference and allusion for you, the loyal reader, to whom we are so hopelessly devoted. The new band will tour early next year. Tracklist:

01 Glenn Tipton
02 Carry Me Ohio
03 Salvador Sanchez
04 Last Tide
05 Floating
06 Gentle Moon
07 Lily and Parrots
08 Duk Koo Kim
09 Si, Paloma
10 Pancho Villa

Mark Kozelek recorded six studio albums with Red House Painters and three solo albums, including What's Next to the Moon, a collection of AC/DC covers. His RHP output was notable for its vacillation between extreme sensitivity and equally extreme intensity, such that you'd be forgiven for thinking he was the long-lost brother of American Music Club's Mark Eitzel, with whom he's now apparently also sharing a drummer.