Sun Kil Moon is an American folk rock act from San Francisco, California,
founded in 2002. Initially a continuation of the defunct indie rock band Red
House Painters, Sun Kil Moon is now the primary recording moniker of
vocalist and guitarist Mark Kozelek. The project is named after the Korean
lightweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon.
Jesu is a British experimental band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick
following the breakup of his band Godflesh. It is named after the last song on
Hymns, the final album of Godflesh’s initial run. Jesu’s sound is heavily layered
and textured, incorporating a diverse mix of influences. Broadrick himself has
stated that “it’s very loosely speaking pop/rock/ metal /electronica.
The original self-titled collaborative album was first hinted at in an interview
with Mark Kozelek in the January 2015 issue of Uncut magazine and finally
confirmed on twitter later that year. That album grew out of a long-standing
relationship between Broadrick and Kozelek. Kozelek first approached
Broadrick in 2007 about a release through his label, after being impressed
by a live performance in San Francisco. In 2009 Jesu released Opiate Sun
through Caldo Verde Records (owned by Kozelek), and later the same year
Broadrick interviewed Kozelek for the Caldo Verde website. In 2013, Kozelek
covered Broadrick’s band Godflesh’s song “Like Rats”. Broadrick and Godflesh
are mentioned in “The Possum”, the opening track from Sun Kil Moon’s 2015
album Universal Themes