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Cozy skirt for Velvet Underground fans, psych pop for morning yoga. There has always been something contradictory, eccentric about musical categories for Kurt Vile. However, his musical vision is neither disturbing nor particularly demanding on the auditory canals. The focus is always on beautiful songs. The ambition is to create a good vibe with lyrics and melody.
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Where his former companion Adam Granduciel has long since advanced to become a beer advertising-compatible hi-fi pope, Vile still likes it crazy, spontaneous and shaky. So unlike The War On Drugs, Vile always has this feeling that anything could happen at any moment. This makes his music more natural, dynamic and exciting, at the price that it will never quite leave the indie ghetto.
He prefers to mumble “And guitars feedin back now / feedback massaging my cranium” in the deeply relaxed “Like Exploding Stones”. “Flyin (Like A Fast Train)” evokes the quieter, more melodic Pavement stuff. Only more uncynical. An album like waking up slightly hungover to a sunny spring day with the occasional drizzle. You don’t have appointments, you’re in tune with yourself. April weather, all good. In other words: already a definite contender for the most likeable album of the year.
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Kurt Vile announces new solo album (watch my moves)
Listen to the worthy lo-fi folk songwriter’s first new single “Like Exploding Stones” streaming here. Vile has also announced concerts in Germany.
The War On Drugs: New song “Living Proof” and soon new album
Here you can hear the song by The War On Drugs. The melancholic “Living Proof” is a harbinger of the forthcoming album “I Don’t Live Here Anymore”.
Dinosaur Jr.: New album SWEEP IT INTO SPACE with “I Ran Away” feat. Kurt Vile announced
Five years after their last release, Dinosaur Jr. have announced their new record, co-produced by Kurt Vile, will be released on April 30th.
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