Kurt Vile... new on Gulcher.

the title track has a v tom petty vibe imho

i don't know about tom petty but the intricate guitar sound of the first song is even more magic than anything on smoke rings. it's like a naturally dyed persian carpet woven from guitar strings.

I just bought the songs individually from iTunes (in this case, cheaper than Amazon).
It's really great.

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on tour

<3

nice shirt

If it's a Kurt Vile thread bumping-I'll check it out

Smoke Ring For My Halo is such a gorgeous freaking record. I heard it in a store the other day, Googled some lyrics, and was surprised as to what it was. I had checked out some clips long ago and never followed up, but this was really, really immediately striking to me, and I picked it up the next chance I got. And I'm so not in this headspace right now; that vast majority of what I've been listening to the past six months is metal. The vibe he conjures is so immediate and evocative; I love everything about it.

any plans for a new record?

i'd heard there should be one before the end of the year, but have heard nothing more

You can stream the first single, which is over 9 minutes on his website http://kurtvile.com/. New DOUBLE Album out in April.
This song is so awesome and slackerish. The beginning sounds a lot like Pavement, but then turns into something so much more amazing.

never too early to anticipate a new Kurt Vile record - Wakin On A Pretty Daze? (2013)

Think there might be a thread for it already!

ooops, sorry folks.

he never sounded so angry, aggressive and dirty as he did on Childish Prodigy.
(vocals and production)

i hope he'll make another "dark" record like this, only with much less fillers.

New song with Courtnet burnett is excellent

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/courtney-barnett-kurt-vile-over-everything/

sometimes there's no poison like a dream

he's covered belly??

i like how chill + happy this album is

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New single Loading Zones is really good

Another new song. Sadly, it's boring.
(Loading Zones is boring too imo)

Hope he didn't lose it completely..

But isn't that his shtick? To always make the same boring song? Which usually is great btw.

The melodies are weaker. He becam too monotonic and lost the melancolic atmosphere.

"bassackwards" is amazing imo

i don't remember which new one i heard recently but i too was disappointed

The slightly warped sound of Bassackwards is great. That song flows majestically towards the delta.
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oh i really like that (and yeah "loading zones" is the one i didn't much care for)

yeah it's gorgeously produced too

ok so i am looking forward to the album then lol

those lyrics, ugh. when he started in second verse, same as the first, I had to bail

Yup. The first verse wasn’t even all that. writers using the word “bay” is usually a bad sign
I think Loading Zones is much better

I enjoyed the song right up to the point where I thought, “That was a pretty good song,” then looked at the time and realized there were four plus minutes left.

Pitchfork uploaded his live performence of the new album on youtube.
I like the arrangements but the melodies are meh imo

i guess maybe i am starting to wonder exactly how many Kurt Vile songs i need in my life

Marc Maron interview up today that I haven't listened to yet

co-sign with alpine though

One Trick Ponies rips.

New album today

had felt like poster above when it comes to singles so far, but this album is great, especially after the first few tracks. love the mild production variety!

the sum of the album is better than the individual tracks, yes. But my god, 80 minutes is a lot.

i guess maybe i am starting to wonder exactly how many Kurt Vile songs i need in my life

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yeah def...i like him still but i miss the weirdness that creeped around the edges back in the square shells etc era

80 minutes is a lot.

this, too. or maybe instead of what i posted before. or maybe both.

“Hysteria” is great!

https://open.spotify.com/track/1oRu9aGmEgnzxrtyz601j7?si=2PlEIcxaSTauLtZloeD4pg

Could have used Stella on the title track tho

Well shit I guess it is her on the title

he wrote one near-perfect song in Wakin On A Pretty Day but everything else has felt like rehashes of it or just doesn't come close

"runner ups" is his near-perfect song. he has several! but it's true that many of them seem to have ended up with rehashes at some point down the line -- tho they can still be pleasant

still need to listen to the new one

smoke rings is still his best album. his approach on that one was a bit more motorik, not as much of the rambling Neil Young-isms that define his most recent work, a lot of tight finger-picking in interesting tunings. baby's arms and runner-ups are my favorite tracks of his.

To me it sounds like he’s trying too hard on Smoke Ring. It sounds so busy all the time. Stuff since then has been more relaxed, dare I saw meditative