red house painters

lately i've been listening to the red house painters' self-titled alb with the roller coaster on the cover because i found out that this was the band mark kozelik had before sun kil moon, whose song on frank cervantez's mix cd impressed me so much. also, i happen to know that goodwin evil dictator daniel gomez -- who doesn't like anybody else's music (besides xtc's) -- really digs 'em, and this is one of two albs of theirs he recommended when i asked him. there's a song called "funhouse" on here that's not the one i usually think of. as i told gomez, this is the most depressing music i've ever heard -- and totally great.