Elliot Smith album review

Elliot Smith - New Moon
Discovering Smith late in my musical world was a travesty averted. I began consuming all his albums together, which meant by the time I encountered the posthumous From a basement on the hill I found it too much to handle. But some time has passed.... New Moon is his second posthumous release, containing tracks written before the depression that would see him take his own life. These songs could easily have been on any of the previous albums, yet unlike the previous posthumous album, this collection doesn't bereave your soul of everything that is safe and sound (er, but remember, this is a relative comment: it's still Elliot after all).
Overall review ****