{"id":25992,"date":"2016-05-18T14:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T22:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25992"},"modified":"2016-05-18T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T22:22:38","slug":"a-perfect-may-gray-soundtrack-stream-mark-kozeleks-new-piano-laden-covers-album-mark-kozelek-sings-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2016-05\/a-perfect-may-gray-soundtrack-stream-mark-kozeleks-new-piano-laden-covers-album-mark-kozelek-sings-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect May-Gray Soundtrack&#8211;Stream Mark Kozelek&#8217;s New Piano-Laden Covers Album &#8220;Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/coverartformarkkozelekscoversalbumSings-Faves-cover-compressed-compressed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/coverartformarkkozelekscoversalbumSings-Faves-cover-compressed-compressed-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"coverartformarkkozelekscoversalbumSings-Faves-cover-compressed-compressed\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/coverartformarkkozelekscoversalbumSings-Faves-cover-compressed-compressed-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/coverartformarkkozelekscoversalbumSings-Faves-cover-compressed-compressed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/coverartformarkkozelekscoversalbumSings-Faves-cover-compressed-compressed-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/coverartformarkkozelekscoversalbumSings-Faves-cover-compressed-compressed.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On March 27th, <strong>Mark Kozelek<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters<\/strong>)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will release a new, piano-laden covers album entitled\u00a0<strong><em>Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites<\/em><\/strong>. The ever-controversial<strong> Kozelek<\/strong> is one of our all-time favorite singer-songwriters and he&#8217;s always evinced a way with covers, and this album (and its cover art above) perfectly matches the May-Gray vantage outside our windows.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is piano-heavy and includes stellar accompaniment\u00a0by <strong>Will Oldham<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Low\u2019s Mimi Parker<\/strong>, <strong>Slowdive\u2019s Rachel Goswell<\/strong>, and <strong>Faith No More\u2019s Mike Patton<\/strong>, among others. Included are eclectic songs penned by the likes of <strong>Bowie, Mancini and Mercer, 10cc,\u00a0Waylon Jennings, Sondheim<\/strong> and <strong>Modest Mouse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a short amount of time, don&#8217;t miss\u00a0<strong>Kozelek&#8217;s<\/strong> cover of <strong>Modest Mouse&#8217;s <em>Float On<\/em><\/strong> with its ghosted, Gregorian-chant background vocals. \u00a0It&#8217;s a beauty with the following <strong>Kozelek-<\/strong>relevant line: &#8220;I ran my mouth off a\u00a0bit too much, ah what did I say?&#8221; \u00a0Superb stuff from the arguably-misunderstood\u00a0<strong>Kozelek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To stream it, go<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunkilmoon.com\/mk_sings_favorites\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and then go to\u00a0<strong>Caldo Verde Records\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caldoverderecords.com\/\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to pre-order it.\u00a0 The song list is below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites<\/em> Song List:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Send in the Clowns<br \/>\n2. Moon River<br \/>\n3. Win<br \/>\n4. I\u2019m Not in Love<br \/>\n5. Amanda<br \/>\n6. O Holy Night<br \/>\n7. Main Street<br \/>\n8. Somewhere Over the Rainbow<br \/>\n9. Get Along Home Cindy<br \/>\n10. Another Day<br \/>\n11. Float On<br \/>\n12. Something Stupid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 27th, Mark Kozelek\u00a0(Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters)\u00a0will release a new, piano-laden covers album entitled\u00a0Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites. The ever-controversial Kozelek is one of our all-time favorite singer-songwriters and he&#8217;s always evinced a way with covers, and this album (and its cover art above) perfectly matches the May-Gray vantage outside our windows. 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