Elliott Smith New Moon on Two Slabs of Vinyl From Kill Rock Stars! 

Well I guess rappers aren’t the only ones posthumously releasing albums anymore huh? Ok, joking aside we all know that Elliott Smith was one of the most phenom song writers of our generation.  He was also quite prolific, and during the height of his career with Heatmiser Elliott Smith continued to record and track dozens of solo songs of his own.  Many of these songs Kill Rock Stars released on his 2nd and 3rd full lengths, S/T and Either/ Or.  There were many songs recorded during these sessions that were used as singles or on compilations and due to the sheer volume of them, there were several that have never been heard until now. All recorded between 1994 and 1997, these songs are as gentle and moving as anything on the proper full lengths of that era.  Packaging comes with extensive technical liner notes for each track. Total collector’s dream.

When Elliott Smith died late in 2003, he took with him one of the unique songwriting gifts of his generation: part folk grandeur, part punk fury, and virtually bottomless in eight short years of solo recordings. Thankfully for that generation, and many to come, he left behind two dozen songs that his Portland, Oregon, producer and pal Larry Crane has crafted into a retrospective celebration of Elliott Smith's contribution to music. Mostly house-recorded demos plucked from the fertile three years that followed his 1994 debut Roman Candle (including an early take of 'Miss Misery'), there's an eminent clarity to these songs that makes them sound like they were recorded yesterday. A lone acoustic guitar is the general accompaniment to Elliott Smith's lamenting wail, his self-deprecating lyrics forever a contrast to the sheer beauty of the melodies. 'What are you doing hanging out with me?' he asks in 'Whatever (Folk Song in C),' his double-tracked harmonies mocking both Simon and Garfunkel. Along with fragile versions of 'Angel in the Snow,' 'Looking over My Shoulder,' and a cover of Big Star's 'Thirteen,' it's as eternal as anything Elliott Smith offered when he was with us, and, as one of several shining moments, makes you forget he ever left.

Elliott Smith New Moon Track Listing

1. Angel In The Snow 
2. Talking To Mary
3. High Times 
4. New Monkey 
5. Looking Over My Shoulder 
6. Going Nowhere 
7. Riot Coming 
8. All Cleaned Out 
9. First Timer 
10. Go By 
11. Miss Misery 
12. Thirteen 
14. Georgia, Georgia 
15. Whatever 
16. Big Decision 
17. Placeholder 
18. New Disaster 
19. Seen How Things Are Hard 
20. Fear City 
21. Either/Or 
22. Pretty Mary K 
23. Almost Over 
24. See You Later 
25. Half Right