The year 2014 was certainly a time of peak and troughs for Mark Kozelek fans, and it looks 2015 is following a very similar path.
He released unquestionably his finest musical output, Benji under the moniker Sun Kil Moon, receiving critical widespread acclaim from critics and fans alike, however his name fell deep in the mud after his one-sided ugly spat with The War On Drugs, penning multiple tracks against the psychedelic dreamers, as well as calling IndyWeek writer Allison Hussey a “spoiled bitch rich kid blogger brat” – sadly, he’s learned no lessons in keeping his mouth shut.
According to a recent live review of a Sun Kil Moon gig at The Barbican in London, Kozelek targeted a journalist during his encore, shooting misogynistic remarks at the writer in a spontaneous song, as Uncut (via Fact) reports.
Kozelek, scorned for an unrevealed reason, took aim at the unnamed female Uncut journalist singing in a song that she “totally wants to fuck me” and how she should “get in line, bitch” before ironically going on to perform two of the most important songs he’s ever penned about woman, ‘I Can’t Live Without My Mother’s Love’ and ‘Caroline’.
After this, Kozelek attempted to make amends for his gross statement by assuring the London audience that he was “just kidding”, making matters only worse by telling the crowd that the female he’d just derogatorily sung about was “nice, sweet and cute”, then going on to sing the impromptu song once again.
The 48 year-old singer-songwriter has yet to make any comments on his latest disappointing slur, which interestingly arrives around the same time as his brand new album, Universal Themes.
Misogyny has no place anywhere, especially on a public platform like music, it’s such a shame that Kozelek cannot simply allow his beautiful music and transporting story-telling to be his vehicle to headlines as opposed to his inappropriate and offensive tirades against unsuspecting victims.
