A US release date of 19 Oct has been set for the final album by Elliott Smith, 'From A Basement On The Hill', which the singer songwriter had been working on prior to his death last year. The release will come just days short of a year since his death.
The album was completed at his family's request by Smith's longtime producer, Rob Schnapf, and Joanna Bolme, Smith's onetime girlfriend and the current bassist for Stephen Malkmus' band The Jicks. They used notes left by Smith in a bid to try to complete the album as the singer himself intended.
Smith died from knife wounds last Oct. It was originally assumed he had committed suicide, though conspiracy theories have suggested there may have been some foul play, perhaps involving then girlfriend Jennifer Chiba , and investigations continue.