His songs have been covered by Billie Eilish, Julien Baker, and Mac Miller, sampled by Lil B, and interpolated by Frank Ocean. Though Smith had clearly come of age studying the melodies of Lennon and McCartney, his river of influence has split and spilled outward in surprising directions, resonating worlds away from its source. Parks’ tattoo is the title of Smith’s definitive 1997 LP, a record that, 25 years later, has become both blueprint and spiritual text for a generation of artists who discovered the singer-songwriter’s work well after his death in 2003. When I'm in the studio, almost every time I’ll think of him: What would he do, or how would he approach the story I have in my head? So, I thought, ‘Why not carry him with me in some way?’”
But I see him almost as this presence that follows me. “It’s funny,” the UK singer-songwriter tells Apple Music, “because I know a lot of people-a lot of artists-with Elliott Smith tattoos. If this marks the first time you will hear songs like “Pictures Of Me”, “Rose Parade”, “Angeles” or “Between The Bars”… boy, you’d better brace yourself.On her 21st birthday, Arlo Parks decided to get a new tattoo-the words “Either/Or” inked on her ankle in her close friend’s handwriting. If you are a longtime fan, you will find plenty of reasons here to fall in love all over again with “Either/Or”. Luckily, Crane kept the rough edges intact while at the same time making these gems shine even more. Heavily indebted to classic pop but still peppered with plenty of grit, these songs are easily some of the best Smith has ever written. All of the songs from the original have been carefully remastered from the original tapes under the supervision of Larry Crane, while the second disc features five live multi-track recordings from the Yo Yo A Go Go Festival in Olympia WA in 1997, as well as three previously unreleased studio recordings and one b-side track. To celebrate the 20 th anniversary of Elliott Smith’s beloved album “Either/Or”, Kill Rock Stars has released an expanded version of the 1997 classic.
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