Elliott Smith - KALI THE DESTROYER [hypothetical album, 2022] (43:39)

Elliott Smith has so much incredibly beautiful unreleased material out there, or material that was unofficially released as part of the Grand Mal, or material that barely entered public consciousness via b-sides, and I’ve had this odd desire for a while to arrange some of my favorite tracks into a hypothetical final album. If such an album existed, what would it sound like? What would the title be? What would be the cover art? For this hypothetical album, I’ve chosen the name ’KALI THE DESTROYER’, which seemed such a natural choice that it was almost obvious. I like to imagine that at this stage in Elliott’s career, he would have been dealing more openly with the traumas of his past (as in songs like “Abused“) while also finding the healing to find something close to solace, love, peace, or, at least, mere rest in his maturity (“Place Pigalle“ maybe?). But ineluctable is Elliott’s awareness of the effects that his music has had on the people who listen to it,