10 More Perfect 2000s Rock Albums With No Bad Songs

10. April – Sun Kil Moon (2008)

Mark Kozelek's approach to lyric writing seems much the same as Nick Cave's. With plenty of word play that conjures up very distinct images, you don't have to do too much heavy lifting when it comes to picturing what these guy's are singing about. Whereas Cave's charm comes from his unconventional vocal delivery, Kozelek sings in a far more palatable way.

With Sun Kil Moon, he released Benji in 2014 - his most critically acclaimed record to date - but April was his strongest of the 2000s. It's an impressively concise body of work, with the majority of tracks existing in the same musical plain. Every now and then he picks it up with some heavier riff driven numbers, which gives a little more umph to a record that feels very mellow at times. It's a good way of keeping you from drifting off into a warm realm of comfortable snooze.

About midway through, Kozelek punctuates the soothing fuzziness with one of his most haunting tracks to date. Heron Blue, is a drastic change of tone, that sprawls on for almost eight minutes. For the most part, it doesn't deviate from the uneasy guitar melody, but there in lies its power. The lyrics describe a traumatic battle with cancer. About two thirds of the way through a solemn bass drum serves to signify the coming death of the tracks character.

This is an album of surprising tenderness, that packs some unexpected punches.