The War on Drugs Frontman Adam Granduciel Discusses Sun Kil Moon Feud, New Music

One of the strangest and funniest music feuds in recent memory was the -- mostly -- one-sided battle between Sun Kil Moon and The War on Drugs from last year, throughout which War on Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel tried his best to take the high road and remain silent about the whole thing. Now, in a new interview with Uncut, Granduciel has opened up a bit more about the feud, telling Sun Kil Moon frontman Mark Kozelek to "get over" himself and suggesting that Kozelek was perhaps "playing this part" instead of being genuinely outraged.

"You know, the guy used to be an actor," Granduciel told Uncut, via Stereogum, referencing Kozelek's appearances in films such as Almost Famous and Vanilla Sky. "So maybe he was just playing this part of someone who was outraged, or whatever. I'm not really interested."

"But some people," Granduciel continued, "they like f**king with people and putting stuff out there and sitting back and laughing at it and not really caring. I don't see the point. I mean, forget it dude. Get over yourself."

The feud between these two artists began in September at Ottawa Folk Fest, when the sound from the War on Drugs's set bled over into Sun Kil Moon's set, which resulted in Mark Kozelek telling the crowd that his next song was titled "The War on Drugs Can Suck My F**king D**k." When this comment, rather predictably, blew up on the Internet, Kozelek reacted by actually writing a song titled "War On Drugs: Suck My C**k."

In far more pleasant news, Granduciel also revealed in the interview that The War on Drugs is set to enter the studio next month to begin the follow-up to their great 2014 album Lost in the Dream. "We're going to be doing a lot of recording in February," he said. "I have a lot of ideas, but who knows what will happen when we get in the studio?"

You can check out Sun Kil Moon's "War on Drugs: Suck My C**k" here, which explains the entire feud from Mark Kozelek's point of view:

Sun Kil Moon's Benji and The War on Drugs's Lost in the Dream were chosen by the Music Times staff as two of the best albums of 2014. In addition, songs from both albums were named among the top 25 of 2014.

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