![]() ![]() “I’ve always felt like this record is underappreciated,” Kill Rock Stars founder Slim Moon says in a press release. ![]() “There are fan-traded MP3s out there of this show, but when people hear what I was able to extract from this original tape, they’ll be shocked,” Crane says in a press release. ![]() With Kempner’s lush, whispered vocals and fiery guitar partnered with explosive drms and the occasional harmonica, Smith’s sound is still alive and well.Īlong with the reissue itself, the package will also include a previously unreleased live album, recorded at Portland’s Umbra Penumbra in 1994 and a 52-page book of handwritten lyrics and notes from Smith’s friends, and previously unseen photographs.įor this release, producer/engineer Larry Crane, the official archivist for the Smith family, gathered files, reels, cassettes, and DAT tapes to find original Elliott Smith mixes. Kempner’s cover doesn’t derive too far from the original, but it isn’t a note for note copy either. Johnson ( Fruit Bats), Josh Kaufman ( Muzz, Bob Weir, Josh Ritter), Marisa Anderson, MAITA, Prateek Kuhad, and Califone will release covers of Smith’s tracks. Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition comes out August 28 via Kill Rock Stars but before that, artists such as Eric D. The cover comes ahead of Smith’s posthumous reissue of his self-titled solo album. ![]() But that doesn’t matter because it’s a lovely ode to the magnificent songwriter, check it out below. Coincidentally, Kempner has just released her cover of Smith’s “Southern Belle.” It’s from his 1995 self-titled album, though, not Either/Or. For our My Favorite Album print issue last fall, Ellen Kempner of Palehound wrote about her favorite album: Elliot Smith’s Either/Or. ![]()
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