never too early to anticipate a new Kurt Vile record - Wakin On A Pretty Daze? (2013)

http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2013/03/04/kurt-vile

^live in-studio radio performance (solo)

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/

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.

What's the first one, again? This is the first thing I've heard from the new release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd0K76H7sU8

it seems the new record is going to sound like Smoke Ring, but with a more "professional" production (by John Agnello)

fine by me!

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/

i'm excited to hear this

whole album stream!
sounds AWESOME!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/apr/01/kurt-vile-pretty-daze-album-stream

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.

streaming on npr too, this sounds gorgeous

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.)

this sounds very nice

I love when albums release in accordance with the beginning of an appropriate season.

Excited to jam this at home, something tells me I didn't get the full effect on my work laptop speakers.

"Is it wrong of me to suggest that this record sounds a LOT like Frank Black and the Catholics as a jam band?"

yes.

it is also a much more optimistic record than SRFMH, a disadvantage in a way.

what a great sounding record so far, even on shitty stream quality

"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

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.

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

pure pain is an early highlight for me

I have absolutely no desire to listen to this dude's stuff

square shells ep is the best tho

cool story bro

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

pure pain is an early highlight for me

― 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 .

shame chamber was the one that jumped out at me. rest of the record kind of washed over me without making an impact.

it's a grower. the melodies are kinda buried under the production. but they are there.

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.

just

compared to smoke ring for my halo, yeah. i've never heard the feelings he captured on that album expressed so well.

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.

favorite long songs since bish bosch

nice shout out to moon duo on "kv crimes"

springsteen and codeine too

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

Can you quote,reggie?

My most anticipated album of the year so far. I plan on having this on repeat tonight.

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

"makin music is easy, just watch me"

kurt vile braggin 2013

"nice shout out to moon duo on "kv crimes"

― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 April 2013 13:39 (3 days ago) Permalink

springsteen and codeine too

― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 April 2013 22:11 (3 days ago) Permalink"

also: snowflakes are danicng - an electronic record by Tomica

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)

I promise not to smoke too much, I promise not to party ... too hard.

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.

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.

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

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.

What 80s hit does "Was all talk" keep reminding me of?

walkin on a pretty daze, more like sleeping to some boring songs

it's not so bad but it can get to you

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.

http://store.matadorrecords.com/wakin-on-a-pretty-daze-deluxe-daze-post-haze

deeluxe versh comes w/ EP

BONUS DISC
1. Never Run Away (string synth)
2. NRA Reprise
3. Feel My Pain
4. Snowflakes Extended
5. Wedding Budz
6. The Ghost Of Freddie Roach
7. (reprise reprise)

out next week

...cue chorus of outrage from the folks who bought it the first time around, or on vinyl.

outraged kurt vile fans

bogue

looks like that bonus disc is available separately, it is credited to Kurt Vile & The Violators.

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

Kuer Vile + The Violators Live:
are they boring as the youtube live clips suggests?

pretty much

bummer..