This Red House Painters collects the remaining tracks from the remarkably fruitful sessions which also launched the earlier album. Far more experimental in nature, it opens with "Evil," which acutely sets the album's haunting, dark tone.

The first of the group's two eponymously titled 1993 efforts is a sprawling, remarkable set. The songs resonate with depth and poignancy, and rank as Kozelek's most fully realized collection of compositions.

Not a proper debut as such, "Down Colorful Hill" instead comprises the demo recordings which won Red House Painters their contract with the 4AD label, released here with minimal overdubbing. Regardless, the group has already reached full maturity.