Travel can inspire in surprising ways: Kurt Vile discovered as much making his first record in three years, the eclectic and electrifying Bottle It In, which he recorded at various studios around the

Bottle It In

Travel can inspire in surprising ways: Kurt Vile discovered as much making his first record in three years, the eclectic and electrifying Bottle It In, which he recorded at various studios around the country over two very busy years, during sessions that usually punctuated the ends of long tours or family road trips. Every song, whether itâ€™s a concise and catchy pop composition or a sprawling guitar epic, becomes a journey unto itself, taking unexpected detours, circuitous melodic avenues, or open-highway solos. If Vile has become something of a rock guitar godâ€”a mantle he would dismiss out of humility but also out of a desire to keep getting better, to continue absorbing new music, new sounds, new ideasâ€”itâ€™s due to his precise, witty playing style, which turns every riff and rhythm into points on a map and takes the scenic route from one to the next. Using past albums as points of departure, Bottle It In heads off in new directions, pushing at the edges of the map into unexplored territory: Here be monster jams. These songs show an artist who is still evolving and growing: a songwriter who, like his hero John Prine, can make you laugh and break your heart, often in the same line, as well as a vocalist who essentially rewrites those songs whenever he sings them in his wise, laconic jive-talkinâ€™ drawl. He revels in the minutiae of the musicâ€”not simply incorporating new instruments but emphasizing how they interact with his guitar and voice, how the glockenspiel evokes cirrocumulus clouds on â€œHysteria,â€ how Kim Gordonâ€™s â€œacoustic guitar distortionâ€ (her term) engulfs everything at the end of â€œMutinies,â€ how the banjo curls around his guitar lines and backing vocals from Lucius to lend a high-lonesome aura to â€œCome Again.â€ These journeys took Vile more than two years to navigate, during which time he toured behind his breakout 2015 album bâ€™lieve Iâ€™m goinâ€™ down, recorded a duets album with Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist Courtney Barnett, opened for Neil Young in front of 90,000 people in Quebec, famously became a clue on Jeopardy, hung out with friends, took vacations with his wife and daughters. â€œIâ€™ve been bouncing around a lot and recording all over. My family would meet me in the middle of America, and weâ€™d go on a road trip somewhere. I would record in between all that stuff.â€ As Vile prepares for another round of lengthy tours and countless shows, these songs should prove good company, reminders of the love and responsibility he has toward those he leaves at home and those he meets along the way. That makes the sentiments resonate more strongly and lends Bottle It In an emotional weight. â€œItâ€™s like that moment on the airplane,â€ Vile says, â€œwhen youâ€™re on your way somewhere and you have that burst of panic. When youâ€™re terrified of dying, thatâ€™s when you want people to know you love them.â€ â€œImpeccably recorded and mixed songs that shuffle bits of folk, new wave, or country in the mix but are always squarely down-the-middle rock.â€ Mark Richardson, Pitchfork â€œVileâ€™s self-awareness is as appealing as his melodies, and heâ€™s stoked a reputation as a bit of a slacker maharishiâ€”at the very least, a look inside Vileâ€™s head might make you think a bit more deeply about whatâ€™s going on in your own.â€ The New Yorker
Country USA
Brand Matador
Manufacturer Matador
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber OLE-1146-1
Model OLE-1146-1
Color multi-coloured
ReleaseDate 2018-10-12
UnitCount 2
Format Remixes included
UPCs 744861114611
EANs 0744861114611

Country	USA
Brand	Matador
Manufacturer	Matador
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	OLE-1146-1
Model	OLE-1146-1
Color	multi-coloured
ReleaseDate	2018-10-12
UnitCount	2
Format	Remixes included
UPCs	744861114611
EANs	0744861114611

Bottle It In

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