This 69-minute double album is comprised of sweeping, expansive songs that are both very intimate and conversational. Beautifully produced by John Agnello, the record is filled with hazy, swooning guitar lines and dreamy, beatific, and occasionally sardonic vocals.
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelMatador Records, MAT
UPC0191401901413
eBay Product ID (ePID)11060429455
Product Key Features
FormatRecord
Release Year2023
GenreRock
ArtistVile, Kurt
Release TitleWakin on a Pretty Daze
Dimensions
Item Height0.30 in
Item Weight1.14 lb
Item Length12.43 in
Item Width12.36 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Space Dad 1.2 Snowflakes Are Dancing 1.3 Goldtone 1.4 Too Hard 1.5 Wakin on a Pretty Day 1.6 Never Run Away 1.7 Shame Chamber 1.8 Pure Pain 1.9 Girl Called Alex 1.10 Was All Talk 1.11 KV Crimes 1.12 Air Bud
Number of Discs1
NotesKurt Vile is slowly, quietly becoming one of the great American guitarists and songwriters, of our time. This 69-minute double album is comprised of sweeping, expansive songs that are both very intimate and conversational. Wakin On A Pretty Daze is a timeless record that would have sounded great 30 years ago, sounds great today, and will still sound great in another 30 years' from now. Beautifully produced by John Agnello, the record is filled with hazy, swooning guitar lines and dreamy, beatific, and occasionally sardonic vocals. It is summed up by the staggeringly gorgeous 9-minute opener, Wakin On A Pretty Day. The song is also the first video, directed by Jonathan Demme in the spirit of his landmark Springsteen video "Streets OfPhiladelphia." The record has other connections to Kurt's home town. Steve Powers (ESPO), the renowned Philly street artist, painted the cover mural on an abandoned building near the Northern Liberties. The album is being announced via a mini-doc of Powers creating the mural with Kurt's commentary, and the two of them talking about Philadelphian music and visual arts. The mural will be re-created in London, Los Angeles and New York.