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 (eleven years ago) link
Between this, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate, and Cass McCombs, I think I've found my favorite "current" sound.
yeah, i think the DeMarco album is the best of the lot
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Monday, 11 February 2013 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
really don't get this guy (kurt v)
― flopson, Monday, 11 February 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
he doesn't get you either
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
never saw him live, but from what ive seen on youtube - it seems a bore
― nostormo, Monday, 11 February 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Live was alright, but I didn't really get into him fully until afterwards.
― Evan, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
this rules very hard
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd0K76H7sU8
― nostormo, Thursday, 21 March 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
i'm excited to hear this
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 31 March 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
streaming on npr too, this sounds gorgeous
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
this sounds very nice
― ciderpress, Monday, 1 April 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
I love when albums release in accordance with the beginning of an appropriate season.
― Evan, Monday, 1 April 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
Excited to jam this at home, something tells me I didn't get the full effect on my work laptop speakers.
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 1 April 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
"Is it wrong of me to suggest that this record sounds a LOT like Frank Black and the Catholics as a jam band?"
yes.
― nostormo, Monday, 1 April 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
it is also a much more optimistic record than SRFMH, a disadvantage in a way.
― nostormo, Monday, 1 April 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
what a great sounding record so far, even on shitty stream quality
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
"But the guitar playing is better and the ideas are new."― nostormo, Sunday, December 23, 2012 2:24 PM
nope. 'too hard' and 'goldtone' are nice tho
― am0n, Monday, 1 April 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
it's not me, it's Kurt! though there is at least one new idea, which is a much more detailed and accessible sound.
record is great, but there's nothing as immediately strong as Society Is a Friend or as depressing as Runners Up. of course, it needs more listens.
― nostormo, Monday, 1 April 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
this sounds great already, can't wait to buy it
"wakin on a pretty day" was just in 'pretty nice' territory for me (other than the guitar stuff toward the end of the track) so i am pleased to find a lot more on the album that i think is more interesting
― teledyldonix, Monday, 1 April 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
pure pain is an early highlight for me
― diamonddave85, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
I have absolutely no desire to listen to this dude's stuff
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
square shells ep is the best tho
cool story bro
― diamonddave85, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
some people like square shells but no matter how many times i return to it, i think it's the one release of his that i DON'T like! it sounds really bland and rounded off
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
― diamonddave85, 16:45 יום רביעי 3 אפריל 2013 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Funny you say that cause by elimination,the only tracks I don't get(yet?) Are Shame Chamber and Pure Pain. The others are all great, maybe Girl Called Alex is somewhat the highlight of the all highlights .
― nostormo, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
shame chamber was the one that jumped out at me. rest of the record kind of washed over me without making an impact.
― mizzell, Thursday, 4 April 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
it's a grower. the melodies are kinda buried under the production. but they are there.
― nostormo, Thursday, 4 April 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
this album is good, but so far it lacks the distinct feeling halo had. that one was like a defining statement of burned out alienation, this one is just a collection of good tunes... so could be worse.
― Spectrum, Thursday, 4 April 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
just
― nostormo, Thursday, 4 April 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
compared to smoke ring for my halo, yeah. i've never heard the feelings he captured on that album expressed so well.
― Spectrum, Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
well, i agree that he is at his best with the sad songs. i'd say Halo might had stronger songs, but more fillers as well. (though there is a Halo sort of tune here as well: Girl Called Alex).The new one is much more consistent ( a problem he had with all of his records till now).
i have a problem with the half baked production Halo had on some of the songs as well. as i said, it's more accessible, but what the hell.
― nostormo, Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
favorite long songs since bish bosch
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 4 April 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
nice shout out to moon duo on "kv crimes"
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 April 2013 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
springsteen and codeine too
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 April 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
― 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 (eleven years ago) link
Can you quote,reggie?
― nostormo, Saturday, 6 April 2013 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
i've come around on this one, had to be in the right mood to get it i guess
― Spectrum, Thursday, 19 September 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
for reasons beyond my control i have to see this dude play tonight. i like his records just fine but i am not expecting much from the show. anyone caught this tour?
also something called "beach fossils" is opening which sounds pretty terrible
― adam, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 18:10 (ten years ago) link
This album sounded great in the spring, a little less so when I listened to it again recently, but still one of my favorites of the year.
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
"a little less so when I listened to it again recently"
otm
― nostormo, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
he's great live.
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
The last time I played this record in whole was sitting on my dad's pontoon boat at his lakehouse over the summer and it was pretty much A+ perfect and I'm afraid to spoil the magic by playing it again.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
the first half is way better than the second
― nostormo, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
wrong
― sleeve, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
I could listen to Goldtone all day.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, April 30, 2013
― sleeve, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Might be seeing him tonight as well but not super fussed. Someone get me excited. Favourite song of his is that remix of Runner Ups. :/
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
just crank the first track on this album, if that doesn't get you jammin g out then probably not gonna happen
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
ennui is a motherfucker right guys?
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
it's not so bad but it can get to you
― j., Wednesday, 6 November 2013 03:17 (ten years ago) link
man
I like him live but the best part is often the acoustic solo bit to start the encore imo. not that the band is bad but he's great by himself.
― dmr, Thursday, 7 November 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
http://store.matadorrecords.com/wakin-on-a-pretty-daze-deluxe-daze-post-haze
deeluxe versh comes w/ EP
BONUS DISC1. Never Run Away (string synth)2. NRA Reprise3. Feel My Pain4. Snowflakes Extended5. Wedding Budz6. The Ghost Of Freddie Roach7. (reprise reprise)
out next week
― j., Saturday, 16 November 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
...cue chorus of outrage from the folks who bought it the first time around, or on vinyl.
― sleeve, Saturday, 16 November 2013 01:46 (ten years ago) link
outraged kurt vile fans
― j., Saturday, 16 November 2013 01:54 (ten years ago) link
bogue
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Saturday, 16 November 2013 02:39 (ten years ago) link
looks like that bonus disc is available separately, it is credited to Kurt Vile & The Violators.
― sleeve, Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's on spotify...one real keeper is the ghost of freddie roach, good tune
some longer/alt version of album tracks...the last song is a cool little instrumental snippet but it's only about 1:30 long...
no one that bought the vinyl is really missing out that much imo
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link
Kuer Vile + The Violators Live: are they boring as the youtube live clips suggests?
― nostormo, Thursday, 15 May 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
pretty much
― Number None, Friday, 16 May 2014 09:19 (nine years ago) link
bummer..
― nostormo, Friday, 16 May 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link