Under Review: Elliott Smith - New Moon

Oh god! The dead have risen and are releasing records!

Too soon?

Oh well, I said it and I'm not taking it back.

This is Elliott's second posthumous release, and sad as it is too say, this guy's unreleased material is better then a lot of what still-alive artists are putting out. No wonder since New Moon is made up of material that Smith recorded at his high point in the mid to late 90's. I don't know if LP really compares to his proper releases like From A Basement... or Either/Or, but it's pretty consistently great throughout.

More importantly, New Moon does what a good posthumous is supposed to...make you reexamine the artist's catalog and wow you all over again.




New Moon is out May 8, 2007.