Kurt Vile just put out the first video and single called, ‘Pretty Pimpin’, off his sixth LP, b’lieve i’m goin down…, which will be released on September 25th. ‘Pretty Pimpin’ is an amazing song that demonstrates just how masterful Kurt Vile’s songwriting is. Kurt writes the type of songs that you never want to end. He’s the kind of guy who can write a nine minute song that never gets old. His songs are hypnotic and cathartic. They suck you in and before you know it an hour has gone by and you’re left with an overwhelming feeling of tranquility.
Kurt Vile recorded the record at multiple locations across the United States. Part of the album was recorded at the Rancho De La Luna studio in Joshua Tree, which is the stomping ground of Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal and Desert Sessions. Of his time there, Kurt says, “I flew out to Rancho just to jam, then my family met me out there and it was like…suddenly my head was just clear. It was really spiritual. That’s when I decided to book some studio time for myself.”
In an interview with Spin Magazine, Kurt also had this to say about the making of the album and one song in particular…
At first there were definitely challenges because you want to play live but there’s only this one backroom and everything bleeds into everything else, so essentially I was just playing in this little closet room, but I recorded one of my favorite songs ever. Everybody went to bed and I couldn’t sleep. I kept listening and then the sun came up and all of a sudden I just looked around me and I could see everything for miles and I was like, “Man, I just recorded my best song ever and I’m here in the middle of nowhere in the most beautiful, mystical, magical desert.”
Kim Gordon also had this to say about the album…
Kurt does his own myth making; a boy/man with an old soul voice in the age of digital everything becoming something else, which is why this focused, brilliantly clear and seemingly candid record is a breath of fresh air. Recorded and mixed in a number of locations, including Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, b’lieve i’m goin down… is a handshake across the country, east to west coast, thru the dustbowl history (“valley of ashes”) of woody honest strait forward talk guthrie, and a cali canyon dead still nite floating in a nearly waterless landscape. The record is all air, weightless, bodyless, but grounded in convincing authenticity, in the best version of singer songwriter upcycling.
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Upcoming Tour Dates…
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 @ Filmore
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 @ THE MAJESTIC
10-25 Toronto, Canada @ Phoenix Theatre
10-29 Paris, France @ Grande Halle de la Villette
10-30 Paris, France @ Pitchfork Festival
10-31 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
11-01 Brussel, Belgium @ AB-Box
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 Belin, Germany @ Postbahnhof
11-10 Koln, Germany @ Gebaeude 9
11-11 Brighton, United Kingdom @ Concorde 2
11-12 London, United Kingdom @ Electric Ballroom
11-13 Bristol, United Kingdom @ Motion
11-15 Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
11-16 Glasgow, United Kingdom @ ABC1
11-17 Leeds, United Kingdom @ Leeds Uni Stylus
11-18 Manchester, United Kingdom @ The Ritz
11-20 Luzern, Switzerland @ Sudpol
11-21 Lyon, France @ Epicerie Moderne
11-22 Barcelona, Spain @ Apolo
11-23 Madrid, Spain @ Penelope
11-24 Lisbon, Portugal @ Armazem F
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