http://www.mxdwn.com/2012/12/22/news/kurt-vile-reveals-upcoming-album-title-wakin-on-a-pretty-daze-via-graffiti-art/
"You turn it on and it sounds like me," Vile recently told SPIN's David Bevan, describing the new record. "But the guitar playing is better and the ideas are new."
― nostormo, Sunday, 23 December 2012 19:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
Wakin On A Pretty Daze?---> Wakin On A Pretty Daze!
― nostormo, Sunday, 23 December 2012 19:25 (5 months ago) Permalink
mods, please correct
double album
Side A:1. Wakin On A Pretty Day2. KV Crimes3. Was All Talk
Side B:4. Girl Called Alex5. Never Run Away6. Pure Pain
Side C:7. Too Hard8. Shame Chamber9. Snowflakes Are Dancing
Side D:10. Air Bud11. Goldtone
― mizzell, Monday, 11 February 2013 15:53 (3 months ago) Permalink
opening/ almost title track is drifty/dreamy with some extended guitar. doesn't sound too different from smoke rings. looking forward to this album.
― mizzell, Monday, 11 February 2013 15:58 (3 months ago) Permalink
sounds like a slow version of In My Time, and the electric guitar, and somewhat like War On Drugs
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 16:42 (3 months ago) Permalink
Smoke Ring didnt have that breezy electric guitar.great tune.
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 16:47 (3 months ago) Permalink
awesome guitar solo at the end
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 16:49 (3 months ago) Permalink
Between this, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate, and Cass McCombs, I think I've found my favorite "current" sound.
― Evan, Monday, 11 February 2013 17:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
highly anticipating this
― dmr, Monday, 11 February 2013 17:52 (3 months ago) Permalink
Mac DeMarco sounds a little like Vile early stuff
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 18:02 (3 months ago) Permalink
Yeah all of those I've listed to me are very close in sound in one way or another. I'm seeking more of that sound as well.
― Evan, Monday, 11 February 2013 18:42 (3 months ago) Permalink
ariel pink?
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 18:47 (3 months ago) Permalink
I guess so, I wasn't sold with Haunted Graffiti but liked a track or two I heard here and there from the last record.
― Evan, Monday, 11 February 2013 18:52 (3 months ago) Permalink
My impression is that Ariel Pink isn't as measured as the others, that's part of what I like about all of them.
― Evan, Monday, 11 February 2013 18:54 (3 months ago) Permalink
cleaners from venus is good if you haven't heard 'em, early 80s brit diy stuff along these lines.
― Spectrum, Monday, 11 February 2013 18:58 (3 months ago) Permalink
Have you heard Woods?
― Trip Maker, Monday, 11 February 2013 18:58 (3 months ago) Permalink
have you heard Pavement?
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:09 (3 months ago) Permalink
Have you heard The Fall?
― Z S, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:15 (3 months ago) Permalink
Have you heard Mozart?
― administrator galina (Matt P), Monday, 11 February 2013 19:19 (3 months ago) Permalink
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Larry Mozart yes, not W.A. Mozart though
― Z S, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:20 (3 months ago) Permalink
Have you heard music?
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:20 (3 months ago) Permalink
Thanks! Love Cleaners From Venus, kind of like Woods (they're from my home town area apparently- kind of a fun fact), love Pavement though they generally exude more hip angst than the cited bands in my opinion, love the Fall.
― Evan, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:21 (3 months ago) Permalink
Mozart is too angst-y as well...
haven't listened to music in forever, should revisit.
― Evan, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:22 (3 months ago) Permalink
Clientele is like the UK version of all this imo, too.
― Evan, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:26 (3 months ago) Permalink
The potentially double album was written on the road, reunites the band with longtime Dinosaur Jr. producer and Smoke Ring tracker John Agnello, and features guests like Farmer Dave Scher of Beachwood Sparks, Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa, Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux, and Woods frontman Jeremy Earl. In a interview with Spin, Vile called the album “our [Fleetwood Mac's] Tusk, but no cheese. Just rock.”
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:40 (3 months ago) Permalink
yeah, i think the DeMarco album is the best of the lot
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Monday, 11 February 2013 19:42 (3 months ago) Permalink
i just listened to the mac demarco album (2), and it has it's moments, but i'm not sure i'm going to be able to overcome my hatred of a few guitar strumming styles that he relies on too often. i have no idea how to explain in words what i mean, but i'm talking about the strumming style used at the very beginning of "Cooking up Something good", and also the strum where you mute the 2's and 4's, like at the beginning of ""Still Together". i have too many painful memories of being stuck in a room with a guy who played nothing but that style while staring intensely at me and repeatedly asking for feedback. i'll keep listening, though!
― Z S, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
i shudder to say it, but i realized what it is: it's the dave matthews band guitar strum. i have trouble getting past it.
― Z S, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:53 (3 months ago) Permalink
Yeah that is truly a very jam-band guitar style, though I think it is offset by the style of everything else around it in this case.
― Evan, Monday, 11 February 2013 20:15 (3 months ago) Permalink
really don't get this guy (kurt v)
― flopson, Monday, 11 February 2013 21:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
he doesn't get you either
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 21:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
i've heard his solo live show is better but i saw him with the violators and it just dragged like nothing i've ever seen
― flopson, Monday, 11 February 2013 21:48 (3 months ago) Permalink
never saw him live, but from what ive seen on youtube - it seems a bore
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 21:50 (3 months ago) Permalink
i saw him live a couple of times a few years ago and hated him every time, but the records are great, especially the last one.
― mizzell, Monday, 11 February 2013 22:11 (3 months ago) Permalink
Live was alright, but I didn't really get into him fully until afterwards.
― Evan, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 01:00 (3 months ago) Permalink
this rules very hard
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:44 (3 months ago) Permalink
http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2013/03/04/kurt-vile
^live in-studio radio performance (solo)
― in a chef-driven ambulance (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 4 March 2013 23:09 (2 months ago) Permalink
new song ,Never Run Away, cool clip with his daughter:
http://pitchfork.com/news/50051-listenwatch-kurt-vile-debuts-new-single-never-run-away-in-commercial-featuring-his-daughter/
― nostormo, Thursday, 21 March 2013 18:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
song is nice, i guess.not as good as the first one.
i like how he quietly plays air guitar with his fingers on that clip.
― nostormo, Thursday, 21 March 2013 20:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
What's the first one, again? This is the first thing I've heard from the new release.
― ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (Z S), Thursday, 21 March 2013 20:40 (2 months ago) Permalink
― nostormo, Thursday, 21 March 2013 20:42 (2 months ago) Permalink
it seems the new record is going to sound like Smoke Ring, but with a more "professional" production (by John Agnello)
fine by me!
― nostormo, Thursday, 21 March 2013 20:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
first review of the new record (4.5 stars out of 5):
http://aestheticmagazinetoronto.com/2013/03/30/album-review-kurt-vile-wakin-on-a-pretty-daze/
― nostormo, Sunday, 31 March 2013 13:39 (1 month ago) Permalink
i'm excited to hear this
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 31 March 2013 16:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
whole album stream!sounds AWESOME!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/apr/01/kurt-vile-pretty-daze-album-stream
― nostormo, Monday, 1 April 2013 12:25 (1 month ago) Permalink
the production is rich and full of small details, as oppose to smoke ring which was more stripped down.maybe he was jealous of War On Drugs?
anyway, sounds like the sort of an album it's hard not to love.Vile for the Masses, in a good way.
― nostormo, Monday, 1 April 2013 12:43 (1 month ago) Permalink
streaming on npr too, this sounds gorgeous
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2013 16:58 (1 month ago) Permalink
Is it wrong of me to suggest that this record sounds a LOT like Frank Black and the Catholics as a jam band? (I personally don't think that's a bad thing, by the way.)
― @GracieLoPan #fyi (Display Name (this cannot be changed):), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
nice shout out to moon duo on "kv crimes"
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 April 2013 13:39 (1 month ago) Permalink
springsteen and codeine too
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 April 2013 22:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
square shells ep is the best tho
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, April 3, 2013 8:51 AM
cosign on this
― the world's most impertinent web designer (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2013 22:18 (1 month ago) Permalink
Can you quote,reggie?
― nostormo, Saturday, 6 April 2013 00:53 (1 month ago) Permalink
My most anticipated album of the year so far. I plan on having this on repeat tonight.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 6 April 2013 13:03 (1 month ago) Permalink
most wtf/lol review ever:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-kurt-vile-wakin-on-a-pretty-daze-matador-8562939.html
― nostormo, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:14 (1 month ago) Permalink
"makin music is easy, just watch me"
kurt vile braggin 2013
― diamonddave85, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:24 (1 month ago) Permalink
"nice shout out to moon duo on "kv crimes"
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 April 2013 13:39 (3 days ago) Permalink
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 April 2013 22:11 (3 days ago) Permalink"
also: snowflakes are danicng - an electronic record by Tomica
― nostormo, Monday, 8 April 2013 20:29 (1 month ago) Permalink
Square Shells is so good. I rate Halo higher but Ocean City is a great track.
liking this record a lot. along with the two early release tracks (Pretty Day and Never Run Away) I'm most into Too Hard and Girl Called Alex. (which is my daughter's name so I was glad nothing bad happened to Alex in the song)
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
I promise not to smoke too much, I promise not to party ... too hard.
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:27 (1 month ago) Permalink
Some of the tracks seemed a bit bland on first listen honestly- it is a grower, right? Don't think I've had a close enough listen either. I had been excited about it especially due to that first track.
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
it is a grower if there ever was one, though i have to say i liked the record from the start. now i like it even more.
about Alex= she will be married happily to Marc, so you're safe, dmr.
i think Alex, and Was All Talk are the best songs here, though really, it's all kinda great.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:40 (1 month ago) Permalink
definitely a grower.. after the first couple of listens i was kinda bummed that i didn't like the record that much and then after a few more listens i started noticing more and more bits and pieces of songs that i REALLY liked until i basically decided that i loved the album
― diamonddave85, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:43 (1 month ago) Permalink
otm.and also, after you decipher the lyrics, you realize it is ,after all, a very personal and emotional record, as much as Halo was.nice pfrk review, too.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:47 (1 month ago) Permalink
What 80s hit does "Was all talk" keep reminding me of?
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
walkin on a pretty daze, more like sleeping to some boring songs
― ienjoyhotdogs, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:14 (1 month ago) Permalink
sick burn from ienjoyhotdogs
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:23 (1 month ago) Permalink
at least there will always be hot dogs.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:28 (1 month ago) Permalink
ienjoyhotdogs previous reconstituted pig anus to great music
― media conglomerates are pedaling the same product (stevie), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:52 (1 month ago) Permalink
prefers, dammit
i'm still a bit hopped up from the glenda jackson speech
― media conglomerates are pedaling the same product (stevie), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:53 (1 month ago) Permalink
nice long leadoff song dere
― j., Thursday, 11 April 2013 04:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
I've heard so much good about this record, particularly all the drumwork from Stella Mozgawa. The only song I've heard is the title track though. It hasn't really caught my ear, even though I've put it on three or four times.
― how's life, Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:14 (1 month ago) Permalink
I know some of these songs were supposed to be long but the version I have has some even longer versions of these songs. Has anyone else heard this and can compare the two?
Wakin On A Pretty Day 15:53KV Crimes 6:35Was All Talk 12:51Girl Called Alex 10:34Never Run Away 5:43Pure Pain 8:36Too Hard 13:28Shame Chamber 7:59Snowflakes Are Dancing 5:39Air Bud 10:51Goldtone 17:24
― slagterm, Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:16 (1 month ago) Permalink
whoa, what?What version do you have? does his voice and guitar seem really slowed down and lower than isaac hayes?
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
only listened to this once while making dinner last night, but it sounded great...were my ears deceiving me or was one tune a heavy "boys of summer" homage?
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:19 (1 month ago) Permalink
i'm guessing you have the glitchy 192kbps promo leak from matador which some have speculated is a 320 rip that somehow reports that it is 192. mp3 players base their length estimate on filesize so that would probably account for the longer reported track lengths
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:21 (1 month ago) Permalink
You are correct. I listened to the opening track from the start and it just cuts off at its intended length. Kind of weird, thanks.
― slagterm, Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:36 (1 month ago) Permalink
dang, i was kinda hoping there was a chopped and screwed version floating around out there
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:42 (1 month ago) Permalink
kurt takes-a-while
― 乒乓, Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
Yeah, I was definitely hoping it was some kind of secret "Hot Buttered Vile" version or something.
― slagterm, Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:46 (1 month ago) Permalink
were my ears deceiving me or was one tune a heavy "boys of summer" homage?
never thought of it that way but i totally get what you mean. i really like that one.
― teddy dominatrix (dyl), Thursday, 11 April 2013 17:12 (1 month ago) Permalink
Shame chamber is great but I always expect J Mascis to start singing when it comes on
― Heez, Saturday, 13 April 2013 02:22 (1 month ago) Permalink
great album - after 'Halo', I thought this was the kind of artist from whom one album was enough but I've been proved wrong. Great sunny highway driving music too. Surprised no one has mentionned 'Stoned & Dethroned' as a reference.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:51 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
crestfallen aaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnd
― j., Saturday, 27 April 2013 03:38 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
damn, this is good:
http://www.spin.com/reviews/kurt-vile-wakin-on-a-pretty-daze-matador/
― j., Saturday, 27 April 2013 03:47 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
"Wakin on a Pretty Day" sound a lot like "Major Leagues"
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Saturday, 27 April 2013 09:54 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I'd never previously listened to Kurt Vile, but Wakin' on a Pretty Daze is my favorite album of 2013 so far.
― jaymc, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:50 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
better than mbv? no way. compared to that it's a little bit of a bore i'd say.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 21:05 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Same here, loving this album, went out and bought the vinyl after two listens.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 21:19 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Got this on vinyl the other day. Absolute perfection. Less of a...'vibe' to it than Smoke Ring had/has, but the songs are incredible. I could listen to Goldtone all day.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 22:29 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
new video for 'never run away' with a slightly different mix! http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/05/01/180361194/kurt-viles-hazy-philadelphia-adventure?sc=tw&cc=share
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 2 May 2013 16:57 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
lol why didn't i notice one of these songs was called "Air Bud", classic flick
― jay-z's ansari (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 May 2013 19:01 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
air bud owns (in both incarnations)
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 May 2013 19:02 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah i'm kinda hungover and bummed out and this record is really great right now, it's better when you're kinda zone out
― jay-z's ansari (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 May 2013 19:04 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
It's us a nice day for this in New York
― calstars, Friday, 3 May 2013 19:54 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I like to think a part of this records success is due to Stella
― calstars, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 19:03 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
this is a great record, it has a positive vibe, something few records seem to have over-all.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 20:20 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I just listened to this on an airplane, good traveling music, zen & poignant
― jay-z's ansari (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 11 May 2013 05:01 (1 week ago) Permalink
this album is so awesome. he brings the golden tones
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 11 May 2013 06:00 (1 week ago) Permalink