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
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
"makin music is easy, just watch me"
kurt vile braggin 2013
― diamonddave85, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
"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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
I promise not to smoke too much, I promise not to party ... too hard.
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
What 80s hit does "Was all talk" keep reminding me of?
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
walkin on a pretty daze, more like sleeping to some boring songs
― ienjoyhotdogs, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
sick burn from ienjoyhotdogs
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
at least there will always be hot dogs.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
ienjoyhotdogs previous reconstituted pig anus to great music
― media conglomerates are pedaling the same product (stevie), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven 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