Kurt Vile... new on Gulcher.

I think he played 6 of those 8 at Academy

wish i could have gone to that. very excited about the show with j mascis later this month

Childish Prodigy > Constant Hitmaker >>> Square Shells >> Smoke Ring > God is Saying This to You

smoke ring's just a runner up?

I'm warming up to it...

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS DUDE THO

not feeling this new album... really same-y songs, no variation like on Square Shells, no weird little instrumentals, no big loud sounding stuff like "Freak Train" from CP, his voice sounds the same on every song with the same accent and inflections. Plus I think having what sounds like a consistent lineup throughout makes these tunes sound even more similar, which does not serve them well imo.

Those are all completely valid points and pretty much why this isn't an "o_O OMG I love this album" album for me. But, having said that, I really do love the vibe, so even if it is kinda samey - its a great one.

Wish this album would had more of a "Freeway" vibe

I mean where are the electric guitars?

His voice sounds yards better when he projects

this is a gorgeous album

normally i would not like a dude who sings like this, but his writing for guitar is ridiculously good.

liking this a lot, it's a grower

his sound is always so pretty & inviting imo but w/ this album i find myself aimlessly singing a bunch of the songs

me too. like "jesus fever" isn't even one of my top three on the album but it runs thru my head

I loved Childhood Prodigy. Reading this thread and a few reviews, I'm guessing the new one is closer to Square Shells than CP. I'm alright with that but prefer his more freewheeling style.

http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/matadorrecords/~ACp19

bummer. i have tickets for friday night's show. hope he gets his stuff back together soon

does a Ned Raggett like Kurt Vile, or does he just follow random people's Twitters?

Vile doesn't seem like "Ned music" imo

More of an RT in this case.

ah got it

suddenly it all makes sense & my life has been restored to balance & normalcy

"Smoke Ring..." is a damn near perfect record, marred only by the out of place "puppet to the man." Three three plus minute outro on "Ghost Town" is a sheer wonder, esp. when that insect like guitar bubbles up in the mix.

No one does stoner observations like Vile.

"puppet" is great, fuiud

Yeah, Puppet was the first track I got into on this.

***runs and hides***

hey it's each to his own.

This is obviously my problem, but I already have a tough enough time with "Kurt Vile," but "Smoke Ring For My Halo" on top of it has made it such that I cannot even bring myself to listen to his music.

yr missin out i think!

it's his real name! what's he supposed to do?

Totally missing out

pretty stupid reason not to listen to an album...

Yeah, considering how terrible the names of so many things in my collection are... I'll give him a shot... "Ghost Town" is as good a place to start as any?

just listen to the whole album!

it's his real name! what's he supposed to do?

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:15 PM (1 hour ago)

I find myself explaining that rather frequently.

That's perfect

Good track! But the entire album, for real.

"clarke b."

this album is great, and his stuff translates really well to a live setting (from what i can tell)

it's his real name!

hard to believe

he's really good live. the quieter solo stuff especially. really intense.

fuck, "baby's arms"

I've listened to Smoke Ring more than any other new album this year, for sure.

the guitar playing is so distinctive

listened to this on my way to work today

such a beautiful/great album.

but god the live show was lifeless

I gave this a listen a few weeks back and liked it a lot... Thanks for the push!

I had never heard that "Blackbery Song" posted above. Really beautiful (though I hate vocals in one headphone; always bums me out).

"Smoke Ring" is my favorite album of the year so far by a long shot. The only other thing I have of his is the "Hunchback" EP... I clearly need to pick some more of it up.

Promo copy of the new War On Drugs record is sounding nice--lining up even more neatly than expected with KV's sound on "Smoke Ring" (not a bad thing in and of itself, and no big surprise since these Philly fellows like Granduciel and Vile all seem to have bro'ed down long enough working on this particular hermetic style for a while now).

For example, one new War On Drugs song's riff is just like "On Tour", but in an upbeat shuffle...

^^^want

smoke ring is great, got a sweet melancholic vibe to it