April (album)
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April is the third album from Sun Kil Moon
Sun Kil Moon
Sun Kil Moon is a music project of singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake the writing, composing, singing, and guitar playing, accompanied by Tim Mooney and Anthony Koutsos on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass...

. The album was released in the US on April 1, 2008 through Caldo Verde Records
Caldo Verde Records
Caldo Verde Records is a San Francisco-based indie rock and folk record label founded by Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon frontman Mark Kozelek in 2005. The label primarily features releases by Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon, but has also released albums by Jesu, Corrina Repp, Retribution Gospel...

 (and on April 18, 2008 in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 via P-Vine Records). The album was recorded at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco and Well Recording in Seattle during a seven month stretch from spring to late summer in 2007. The album was produced and written by Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek is an American singer/songwriter Producer and frontman of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters.-History:...

. Will Oldham
Will Oldham
Will Oldham , better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music...

, Ben Gibbard
Ben Gibbard
Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard is an American musician known as a member of several successful indie rock bands. He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band, Pinwheel.-Personal life and career:Gibbard was...

 and Eric Pollard lend their backing vocals throughout the album. The album also comes with a bonus disc of 4 alternate recordings.

April is also available on vinyl through Caldo Verde Records
Caldo Verde Records
Caldo Verde Records is a San Francisco-based indie rock and folk record label founded by Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon frontman Mark Kozelek in 2005. The label primarily features releases by Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon, but has also released albums by Jesu, Corrina Repp, Retribution Gospel...

, Vinyl Films, and Aural Exploits. A limited pressing of 1,000 copies on black vinyl were released on May 6, 2008 to retail and online outlets; 500 on white vinyl from May 20, 2008 exclusively at sunkilmoon.com; and 400 on marble vinyl, exclusive to Aural Exploits, from June 3, 2008. The 4 bonus tracks (plus two previously unreleased live versions of "Lucky Man" and "Tonight in Bilbao") were released separately as a vinyl EP, titled Tonight the Sky, available exclusively on Caldo Verde Records' website in January 2009.

The songs "Moorestown" and "Unlit Hallway" first appeared on Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek is an American singer/songwriter Producer and frontman of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters.-History:...

's 2006 live double album Little Drummer Boy Live
Little Drummer Boy Live
Little Drummer Boy Live is a double live collection by Mark Kozelek, released by his own label Caldo Verde Records on November 28, 2006. Former Red House Painters guitarist Phil Carney guests on guitar on some of the songs...

. At the time of the album's release, the two songs were previously unreleased. The song "Lucky Man" refers to the Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, also known as ELP, are an English progressive rock supergroup. They found success in the 1970s and sold over forty million albums and headlined large stadium concerts. The band consists of Keith Emerson , Greg Lake and Carl Palmer...

 song of the same name from the band's 1970 debut self-titled album. "Heron Blue" is featured in the Gears of War 3
Gears of War 3
Gears of War 3 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Studios exclusively for the Xbox 360. Originally due for release in April 2011, the game was delayed and eventually released on September 20, 2011....

teaser trailer which premiered in April 2010.

April debuted in the Billboard Top 200 at #127. By its second week, the album slid but remained in the top 200 at #200. The album was released to positive reviews, with Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
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asking the question: "How many other artists can boast as many near-masterpieces?"

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Kozelek.
  1. "Lost Verses" – 9:43
  2. "The Light" – 7:50
  3. "Lucky Man" – 5:47
  4. "Unlit Hallway" – 4:19
  5. "Heron Blue" – 7:38
  6. "Moorestown" – 4:41
  7. "Harper Road" – 3:56
  8. "Tonight the Sky" – 10:21
  9. "Like the River" – 4:09
  10. "Tonight in Bilbao" – 9:28
  11. "Blue Orchids" – 5:56

Bonus disc

  1. "Tonight in Bilbao" (alternate version) – 9:43
  2. "The Light" (alternate version) – 6:02
  3. "Like the River" (alternate version) – 3:03
  4. "Tonight the Sky" (alternate version) – 7:36

Tonight the Sky EP

The bonus disc was released as a separate 12" vinyl EP in January 2009 by Caldo Verde Records and Vinyl Films. The vinyl release also features two previously unreleased live tracks.
Side A
  1. "Tonight in Bilbao" (alternate version) – 9:43
  2. "The Light" (alternate version) – 6:02
  3. "Like the River" (alternate version) – 3:03

Side B
  1. "Tonight the Sky" (alternate version) – 7:36
  2. "Tonight in Bilbao" (live in Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

    ) – 9:04
  3. "Lucky Man" (live in Glasgow
    Glasgow
    Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

    ) – 5:34


Musicians

  • Mark Kozelek
    Mark Kozelek
    Mark Kozelek is an American singer/songwriter Producer and frontman of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters.-History:...

     - vocals, guitar
  • Anthony Koutsos - drums
  • Geoff Stanfield - bass
  • Michi Aceret - viola
  • David Revelli - percussion
  • Will Oldham
    Will Oldham
    Will Oldham , better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music...

     - vocals
  • Ben Gibbard
    Ben Gibbard
    Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard is an American musician known as a member of several successful indie rock bands. He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band, Pinwheel.-Personal life and career:Gibbard was...

    - vocals
  • Eric Pollard - vocals

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