Kurt Vile

[dad]

Woa. I love b’lieve. Tracks 1-7 and wild imagination are all top notch

"Wheelhouse"

yeah, i meant up to Bottle It In. i love b'lieve as well.

[Strat]

Loading Zones, Bassackwards, check baby, one trick ponies are fantastic but the rest is a bit of a slog.

[liebzz]

Thanks all. I am finishing up Smoke Ring For My Halo. This is easily the most accessible so far, and the songs are really great. Jesus Fever is so good as is Society is My Friend. For the first time so far, I made this vocal approach connection with Thurston Moore, which I guess is not surprising because my first point of reference for Kurt Vile is Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. Not bad company in the least.

[dad]

Smoke Ring is top tier KV imo. It’s probably tied with Wakin’ for the top spot overall.

[Captain Termite]

A lot of Kurt Vile reminds me of On-The-Beach Neil Young. This is not a complaint.

[liebzz]

Listened to So Outta Here and Wakin On a Pretty Daze yesterday. Both were fantastic. The album was long and very consistent sonically, but also very smooth so that it didn’t feel like a drag at any point. Currently listening to It’s a Big World Out There.

[dad]

glad to hear you're enjoying this KV journey.

[liebzz]

Thanks, even if it is supercharged and less detailed than usual.

[Kevin Davis]

Wakin' on a Pretty Daze is probably my favorite -- love those long, lingering go-nowhere jams. "Goldtone" is probably my favorite KV tune.

[liebzz]

Wakin' on a Pretty Daze is probably my favorite -- love those long, lingering go-nowhere jams. "Goldtone" is probably my favorite KV tune.

Yeah I really liked the bookends of that album in particular. Goldtone and Wakin on a Pretty Day were really fabulous.

[dad]

guys, it sounds like a KV day in dad's house too.

[liebzz]

guys, it sounds like a KV day in dad's house too.

So dad rock.

[dad]

guys, it sounds like a KV day in dad's house too.

So dad rock.

i wouldn't have it any other way.

[Strat]

Great idea. Gonna put some KV on the table right now

[dad]

Great idea. Gonna put some KV on the table right now

[Kevin Davis]

Wakin' on a Pretty Daze is probably my favorite -- love those long, lingering go-nowhere jams. "Goldtone" is probably my favorite KV tune.

Yeah I really liked the bookends of that album in particular. Goldtone and Wakin on a Pretty Day were really fabulous.

Probably my two favorite KV tunes.

Top 10?

Wakin' on a Pretty Day
Goldtone
Girl Called Alex
Wheelhouse
One Trick Ponies
Baby's Arms
Peeping Tomboy
Life Like Mine
Pure Pain
I'm an Outlaw

Never listened to any of those EP's -- I should rectify that.

[dad]

Wakin' on a Pretty Daze is probably my favorite -- love those long, lingering go-nowhere jams. "Goldtone" is probably my favorite KV tune.

Never listened to any of those EP's -- I should rectify that.

I'm a big fan of So Outta Reach because it's a nice companion piece to Smoke Ring.

Huncback Ep is pretty great as well. If you find the 2013 reissue w/live tracks, definitely worth a listen.

[Kevin Davis]

I've also never really listened to anything pre-Smoke Ring so maybe there is a KV mini-marathon to be had in the near future here

[dad]

well, then...Childish Prodigy is a good one.

[liebzz]

Snowflakes Extended off it’s a big world out there EP was a really good one, as is Never Run Away and The Ghost of Freddie Roach, which is where I am at now.

Edit: now pretty much through that and Parallelogram - both pretty cool EPs. I probably won’t get through all this today for tomorrow’s release, but I might get there for the afternoon.