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The mural pictured on the cover of his penultimate LP, Figure 8, became an unofficial shrine for fans from around the world. In 2003, the 34-year-old was completing what would be his final studio album, From a Basement on the Hill, when he died at his L.A. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Either/Or, the third album by my late friend and co-conspirator Elliott Smith.I was asked by his family and label, Kill Rock Stars, to oversee the remastering process for this record Either/Or: Expanded Edition, source and mix bonus tracks, as well as to come up with text for the liner notes. It’s funny, the UK singer-songwriter tells Apple Music, because I know a lot of peoplea lot of artistswith Elliott Smith tattoos.

Despite his often dark subject matter, a preternatural gift for melody helped him pivot from the lo-fi classic Either/Or to the expansive pop of its follow-up, XO, released on Dreamworks in 1998, soon after his surprise Oscar nomination for “Miss Misery” from Good Will Hunting. On her 21st birthday, Arlo Parks decided to get a new tattoothe words Either/Or inked on her ankle in her close friend’s handwriting.

He became known for intimate, nervous shows, emotionally complex lyrics, and recordings that framed his angelic voice with elegant fingerpicking and microphone crackle. rock group Heatmiser, but it was his self-titled second album (and Kill Rock Stars debut) that established him as a singular wordsmith. Smith had found his feet in Portland, Oregon, with the grungy alt. From the 1994 release of his debut, Roman Candle, the singer-songwriter blended elements of folk, pop, and indie-rock into quiet masterpieces that gathered in complexity and scale, cementing him by the turn of the century as an indie-pop powerhouse. Publicado el 25/02/97 por Kill Rock Stars Artista principal: Elliott Smith Gnero Alternativa & Indie Disponible en. In his brief and sprawling career, Elliott Smith released a trove of music that enchanted, soothed, and devastated listeners.