Tiny Cities

Tiny Cities
Studio album by
Sun Kil Moon
ReleasedNovember 1, 2005
RecordedHyde Street Studios, San Francisco
GenreFolk rock
Length30:29
LanguageEnglish
LabelCaldo Verde Records
ProducerMark Kozelek
Sun Kil Moon chronology
Ghosts of the Great Highway
(2003) 		Tiny Cities
(2005) 		April
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press4/5[3]
Blender[4]
The Irish Times[5]
Mojo[6]
NME6/10[7]
Pitchfork3.0/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Uncut[11]

Tiny Cities is the second studio album by American indie folk act Sun Kil Moon, released November 1, 2005 on Caldo Verde Records. The album features the same lineup as the band's debut, Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003). This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 (see 2005 in music).

The full-length album is composed of covers of songs by Modest Mouse, released on Kozelek's own label, Caldo Verde Records. Much like his AC/DC tribute What's Next to the Moon, Kozelek has re-interpreted the often complicated, rhythmically complex songs of Modest Mouse into delicate, acoustic-guitar-led ballads.

In a February 2014 interview with Seattle's The Stranger, Kozelek commented that he's "never heard from Modest Mouse" as to what they think of the record.[12] However, in a later conversation with Ben Gibbard, Kozelek said that he met Modest Mouse singer Isaac Brock "in Austin, and we talked about life insurance and making albums. He thanked me for making Tiny Cities, and that made my day!".[13]

  1. ^ "Reviews for Tiny Cities by Sun Kil Moon". Metacritic. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Tiny Cities – Sun Kil Moon". AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities". Alternative Press (211): 122. February 2006.
  4. ^ "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities". Blender (43): 151. December 2005.
  5. ^ McNamee, Paul (January 27, 2006). "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities (Rough Trade)". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  6. ^ "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities". Mojo (147): 103. February 2006.
  7. ^ "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities". NME: 33. February 11, 2006.
  8. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (November 17, 2005). "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities". Q (235): 104. February 2006.
  10. ^ Mar, Alex (November 3, 2005). "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 26, 2005. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  11. ^ "Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities". Uncut (105): 72. February 2006.
  12. ^ The Stranger Interview
  13. ^ "The Thread Conversation". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-06.