Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of BloodSun Kil Moon · 2017

fantano

9.0

“When Mark Kozelek arrives, baby, he arrives.”

loudandquiet

8.0

““Every day we get closer and closer to death…” reflects prolific wordsmith Mark Kozelek during ‘Chili Lemon Peanuts’, the second of 16 tracks on his latest Sun Kil Moon album. This is hardly an epiphany for the Ohio-born songwriter, though. His noting that life is fleeting has been a catalyst for the majority of his songwriting over the past 15 years, and that awareness manifests itself in this co”

rollingstone

7.0

“Our take on 'Common As Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood,' the latest from Mark Kozelek”

pitchfork

6.5

“Songwriter Mark Kozelek's 130-minute epic is indeed daring and self-reflective, but too often he prides long stretches of bitter humor and anger over the subtlety of his previous work.”