KURT VILE RELEASES "PRETTY PIMPIN" VIDEO, ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
Philadelphia's Kurt Vile recently announced his new album (b'lieve i'm goin down, out September 25 on Matador), but today finds him sharing the first single and video off of the record. It follows along in Vile's tradition of writing meandering, melancholy songs that center around finger-picking guitar loops, but something about this seems a lot more concise. His songs have a tendency to be built around this restless loop, perpetually moving without settling, but the extra glossy layers (and fantastic guitar textures) on top of the already crystal clear production really help make the song shine and invite multiple listens. (It's currently hitting earworm status for me.)
Vile is hitting the road in October and November to support the album. Dates behind the jump.
10-02 Boston, MA - The Paradise *#
10-03 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10-04 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10-07 New York, NY - Webster Hall *#
10-08 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *#
10-09 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *#
10-10 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10-11 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10-14 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theater %
10-16 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore %
10-17 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom %
10-18 Seattle, WA - The Showbox %
10-21 Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights *#
10-23 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *#
10-24 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew’s Hall *#
10-25 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre *#
10-30 Paris, France - Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
10-31 Amsterdam, Netherlands - London Calling @ Paradiso *
11-01 Brussels, Belgium - Autumn Falls @ ABbBox *
11-03 Hamburg, Germany - Uebel & Gefahrlich *
11-04 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
11-05 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
11-06 Stockholm, Sweden - Munchenbryggeriet *
11-07 Copenhagen, Denmark - Amerbio *
11-09 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof *
11-10 Cologne, Germany - Gebaeude 9 *
11-11 Brighton, England Concorde 2 *
11-12 London, England - Electric Ballroom
11-13 Bristol, England - Motion *
11-15 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street *
11-16 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC 1 *
11-17 Leeds, England - Leeds University Stylus *
11-18 Manchester, England - The Ritz *
11-20 Lucerne, Switzerland - Sudpol *
11-21 Lyon, France - Epicerie Moderne *
11-22 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo *
11-23 Madris, Spain - Penelope *
11-24 Lisbon, Portugal - Armazem F *
* with Waxahatchee
# with Luke Roberts
% with Cass McCombs and Heron Oblivion