Kurt Vile
Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known for his solo career. Both in the studio and during live performances, Vile is accompanied by his backing band, The Violators, which currently includes Jesse Trbovich (bass, guitar, sax), Rob Laakso (guitar, bass) and Kyle Spence (drums).
Influenced by Pavement, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Tom Petty, and John Fahey, Vile began his musical career creating lo-fi home recordings with frequent collaborator Adam Granduciel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Focusing on his solo career, Vile released two albums, Constant Hitmaker (2008) and God Is Saying This to You... (2009), compiling various home recordings dating back to 2003. Vile signed to Matador Records in 2009, and released his third album, Childish Prodigy, that same year. The album was his first recorded in a studio and with the full participation of The Violators.
In 2011, Vile released his fourth studio album, Smoke Ring for My Halo, which significantly increased his exposure. His fifth studio album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze, was released in 2013, with Laakso replacing Granduciel in his backing band. In 2015, Vile released his sixth studio album, b'lieve I'm goin down....
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ALBUMS
- Wakin on a Pretty Daze released: 2013
- Smoke Ring for My Halo released: 2011
- Childish Prodigy released: 2009
- God Is Saying This to You... released: 2009
- Live at WFMU on Talk's Cheap August 2008 released: 2008
- Constant Hitmaker released: 2008
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Was All Talk
by: Kurt VileSpirit in the sky
Transparent to the eye
Talking trash on nothing I can see anyway
And it's anarchy for you and me
When all this work is [?]
There was a time in my life when they thought I was all talk
Now I'm feeling stalked by god walking
I got the other hint
Walking
Now take a look at my hand
Watch me going, I'm going, yeah, I'm gone
Freaking fuck
Through the dew in the dawn
All the words I'm saying are wrong, now won't you watch me
There was a time in my life when they thought I was all talk
Left-handed smoke shifting
From my right hand man
Can you sense the snag in my playing?
Spirit in the ether
From a right wing sister
Sitter[?] say she don't care that much
There was a time in my life that is gone there's some time still go back to
Not to be all stalk in myself too much
Then I got the other hint, here, in present days
Now take a look at my hand
Watch it go, watch me go, yeah, I'm going
Yeah, I'm gone
Freaking-a-fuck
In the sea of the stone
Making music is easy - watch me
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