Kurt Vile
Smoke Ring for My Halo
Matador
2011
Rating: 6.5 Philly Fanatics out of 10
In the time it took me to write this first sentence, Kurt Vile released two records, three EPs, and a split 7 inch with a band that does not exist yet. Matador, accustomed to years and years of Robert Pollard releasing eighteen records a year, decided they needed another artist that could single-handedly double their output each season.
One thing is for sure, Vile really upped the production this time around. The songs still feel and sound lo-fi, but they clearly weren't recorded on shit equipment, and they might have even been mastered. Vile does his best indie-kid-loves-the-blues impression, reminding me a bit of Beck's first record "One Foot in the Grave", but wit ha slightly more high-pitched voice. This is excellent rainy day music, good for moping about the house in your slippers on a Sunday afternoon, avoiding house chores but looking for something to do.
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