Down Colorful Hill

by Red House Painters

Down Colorful Hill cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:34
  • Community rating: 4.29/5 from 16 ratings

Artists on this release: Mark Kozelek, Anthony Koutsos, Gorden Mack, Jerry Vessel

Album Notes & Community Reviews

As the debut album from Red House Painters, 'Down Colorful Hill' consists of six lengthy demo recordings that established the band as a pioneering force in the slowcore genre. Mark Kozelek’s deeply personal and melancholic lyrics explore themes of anxiety and troubled relationships with a stark, diary-like honesty. The album's signature sound combines sparse, slow-burning instrumentation with a prominent use of reverb and echo, creating a haunting and atmospheric quality that was intentionally polished from its original rawer demo state.

Genres

Descriptors: slow-burning, stripped-down, confessional, bleak, male vocalist, folk, acoustic, lo-fi, minimal

Tracklist

  1. 24 (06:47)
  2. Medicine Bottle (09:49)
  3. Down Colorful Hill (10:51)
  4. Japanese to English (04:41)
  5. Lord Kill The Pain (06:03)
  6. Michael (05:23)

Credits

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