Red House Painters Early Demos (1980s)

Red House Painters are often considered the definitive Slowcore/ Sadcore band. Thier lead singer, Mark Kozelek, led people to believe for many years that the band had started in 1991. For whatever reason, he kept it hidden that Red House Painters had it's roots laid out way back in 1988. It was often believed that the early 1991-1992 demos were the earliest existing Red House Painters recordings.

Then in 2011, a rare interview from Atlanta, Georgia emerged on a torent dated from 1988. The interview contained the very first public interview recorded of Mark Kozelek. The interview revealed that the band had started with a completely different lineup, and their early sound very closely resembled The Smiths. The interview contained 2 early songs in their original studio forms, as well as several acoustic versions of early songs.

The interview also referenced an early collection of songs which has never surfaced, and in recent memory Kozelek has never acknowledged. It is often thought that the reason for the lack of acknowldegement is the result of a possible resentment of his early vocal recordings, which were very frail and flat. Besides the acoustic versions and the 2 songs that are featured on the interview, the material has never surfaced and probably never will. The only chance the world has to hear these recordings are either Kozelek finally releasing them, or if someone was fortunate enought to get their hands on a copy.

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