Old Ramon
by Red House Painters

Worth the listen, definitely for the track "Cruiser", have that song on repeat. My favourite RHP, think Sun Kil Moon is a better project for Mark Kozelek

From babyBlueSedan 01/16/2020 02:47 | #246880 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

After a lot of listens, this is easily my second favorite RHP album after Down Colorful Hill. It blends the peaceful folk sound of Ghost of the Great Highway with slowcore, the latter of which is especially prominent on "Kavita" and "Cruiser." It has some of the best songs Kozelek ever wrote with his band (though at this point the band was basically just him), including "Void," "Between Days," "Cruiser," and "Smokey." "Between Days has a riff that I could listen to for hours, and "Smokey" has some beautiful dueling guitars. It someone manages to be more focused than Songs for a Blue Guitar while being more varied and sounding more vital than either of the band's self-titled albums.

From luigybetis 05/23/2018 14:26 | #215472 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

It is not as good or creative as its predecessors, but this is still a really solid album with some beautiful songs such as Void or River. 8/10.

Much brighter and happier than the average RHP fare. Some of the songs are really touching ("Whop-a-Din-Din" is the most touching song ever written about someone's cat). Other songs (I'm looking at you, "Void") go on WAY too long and are just plain cheesy. The album is, however, enjoyable.