For an artist whose music seemed best to encapsulate longing, lonely emotions, it felt like a way to be connected through enduring, communal grief.Īt 21, my girlfriend and her roommate proposed the idea of a road trip to Los Angeles over spring break. I’d read about how it’d become a memorial, practically a holy site, where Smith fans left candles and scribbled messages and remembrances on the wall. A swooping design of red, black, and white lines had become synonymous with Elliott Smith after he’d posed in front of it on his Figure 8 album, the last record he’d release before his death. Read or listen to the piece below.įor years, I’d dreamed of making the pilgrimage to the mural. This week, Dusty Henry looks back at Elliott Smith’s 2000 song “Somebody That Used To Know” and how it soundtracks fading memories and making peace with the passage of time. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year and our writers are commemorating with one song from that year that resonates with them. The double LP is packaged in a gatefold jacket with an insert of the original liner notes, a postcard of the original master tapes, and several never-before seen photos.As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're looking back at the last half-century of music. The additional content features five live multi-track recordings from the Yo Yo A Go Go Festival in Olympia, WA in 1997, as well as three previously unreleased studio recordings and one b-side gem. To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of this masterpiece, Kill Rock Stars proudly presents Either/Or: Expanded Edition which features the original tracks carefully remastered from original tapes under the supervision of Larry Crane, owner of Jackpot! Studios and archivist of the Estate of Elliott Smith plus a generous helping of bonus material. Scored a perfect 10 from Pitchfork!ġ997's Either/Or is widely regarded as Elliott Smith's best album, and remains his best-selling.
20th Anniversary Expanded Edition of 1997 Masterwork featuring Original Album Remastered Plus 5 Live Multi-Track Recordings, 3 Previously Unreleased Studio Recordings & B-Side Gem.
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