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Sun Kil Moon

Sun Kil Moon is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Steve Shelley, Ben Gibbard, Red House Painters, David Bowie and Jim White. Those roots explain a lot about how Sun Kil Moon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Red House Painters, Songs: Ohia, Mount Eerie, Palace Music and Nick Drake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Puma Blue and Sunflower Bean, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Sun Kil Moon, reaching back through Steve Shelley and forward to Puma Blue. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Sun Kil Moon is an American folk rock act from San Francisco, California, founded in 2002. Initially a continuation of the defunct indie rock band Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon is now the primary recording moniker of vocalist and guitarist Mark Kozelek. The project is named after the Korean boxer Sung-Kil Moon.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Sun Kil MoonSteve ShelleyBen GibbardRed House PaintersDavid BowieJim WhiteWill OldhamModest MousePuma BlueSunflower BeanRed House PaintersSongs: OhiaMount EeriePalace MusicNick DrakeBill CallahanThe Angels of LightBedhead

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Sun Kil Moon connections

Sun Kil Moon grew out of Steve Shelley, Ben Gibbard, Red House Painters and David Bowie, shares an orbit with Red House Painters, Songs: Ohia, Mount Eerie and Palace Music, went on to shape Puma Blue and Sunflower Bean. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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