Kurt Vile... new on Gulcher.

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

I liked the new one as I listened to it but now I don't feel super compelled to go back to it. Wouldn't turn it off if it came on, but don't think I'd actively seek it out either.

that pretty much sums up Kurt Vile in general

he peaked when he was kurt vile... new on Gulcher

This is a good record man!

I can totally picture post-Benji Kozelek taking guest verses on Bassackwards.

Other than that, the new album feels like it's a thousand hours long (I haven't been able to hear it in full so far), and yes Runner-Ups and Baby's Arms are some of his best tunes on what happens to be his best album.

this album must be terrible because the album cover art has like fake "ring wear" as the actual cover. why do people do this?

ufo otm.

WOAPD the album is all the kurt i imagine i'll ever need.

the new album i mean xp

i've been kinda looking at his output post smoke-rings along the lines of yo la tengo when they released "and then nothing..." and "summer sun" but instead all they ever did were to keep releasing records in those veins and say not put out a "pass the hatchet, i think i'm goodkind."

this album must be terrible because the album cover art has like fake "ring wear" as the actual cover
haha yeah I wtfd at this too

When free online photoshop tutorials go wrong

give 'em a glass of wooder
give 'em a cherry pie

Bonded with my wife's college-age cousin on Christmas Eve over KV. (Unsurprisingly, he's also into Mac DeMarco.)

https://open.spotify.com/track/22YbmBNDcL1jACZIPuItR8?si=iy3lodDqT3uwmORZ4oEaQA

Really loving his song with John Prine, a take on "How Lucky", very sweet and heartbreaking in retrospect. The rest of the EP is okay, but "Dandelions" is such an on the nose, meandering song that it borders on Vile self-parody.

New song is very much what I needed

https://pitchfork.com/news/kurt-vile-announces-new-album-watch-my-moves-and-tour-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/

Nice
Happy to see Stella return too

a new song called “Exploding Like Stones,” which features Sun Ra Arkestra’s James Stewart. Watch it below, and find Vile’s upcoming tour dates, too.

The new album includes a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Wages of Sin.”

Oh yes.

I really enjoy the new singles but nothing will best freeway

I couldn’t get more than halfway through the new one. It was fine, but it just occurred to me that I do not need 75 more minutes of Vile. I just don’t hear a ton of growth. In fact, even some of the older stuff I once really liked has lost its luster for me.

“Pretty Pimpin” is his only listenable song IMO

wakin on a pretty day is good

album w courtney barnett is tops

listening to the new album now, sounds great to my ears, very on point, he is what he is

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

― alpine static, Thursday, October 11, 2018 2:08 PM (three years ago)

hehe well yes

I saw him a few years ago at a festival in Cancún. By far the dullest act of the entire four-day festival.

Alpine Static OTM in both 2018 and 2022

'smoke rings' is still the best thing he's done by leaps and bounds, but i'm glad he's still out there doing his thing (and for a major label now!)

Yeah

When I’m realizing is that he’s kinda like Spiritualized for me - gimme the best song from each album and I’ll put together a single killer playlist that provides what I need from this act

the ep where he’s asleep on the front cover is really sweet, can’t remember the name. think the songs were all from the smoke ring sessions?

Finally getting around to the album. I really like it tho it’s not surprising. Completely in character , kind of lazy and mellow but has some nice moments. The track “fo sho” is exactly what you’d expect

albums vmic

albums where I'll have what they're having

albums i wish i was in the mood for more often

bless im

any whiff of him or Courtney Barnett briefly sends me back to their collab album. i think it's the best thing either has done

“Even if I’m wrong I’m gonna sing until the ass crack of dawn and it’s probably gonna be another long song”

Kurt Vile was on this week's Hollywood Handbook although I'm not sure he enjoyed it too much.