After dissolving his previous band Red House Painters, singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek resurfaced with Sun Kil Moon, refining and expanding the luminous acoustic balladry and harrowingly intimate lyricism that were the hallmarks of his career to date. He debuted Sun Kil Moon with 2002's Ghosts of the Great Highway, an extension of Red House Painters' melancholic dream pop sound. Following 2010's sparse yet exquisitely crafted Admiral Fell Promises, Kozelek's songwriting became much more direct, literal, and even humorous starting with 2012's Among the Leaves. The particularly confessional Benji, released in 2014, proved to be one of the most popular and critically acclaimed releases of Kozelek's entire career. He continued to explore a diary-like, self-referential songwriting style during the late 2010s, often recording under his own name.