After weeks of speculation ever since he released a new music video, Kurt Vile has officially announced a new album, Bottle It In, which is due out on October 12th via Matador Records. He has also released a new single for the song “Bassackwards,” another classic slice of psychedelic guitar rock. As the name suggests, the song contains layers of backward guitars layered over each other. This is combined with regular acoustic guitar and a driving drum beat.
As usual, Vile delivers a strong vocal performance, with his trademark laid-back delivery. The looping epic of a song, which lasts over 9 minutes in length, is another impressive song from Vile and it will surely please fans of his other work. Vile has also announced more tour dates to his already lengthy touring schedule for this fall and next winter. Vile just recently wrapped up string of tour dates this summer in addition to a collaboration with Dean Ween.
While Vile has kept up a relentless touring schedule in recent times and a wonderful collaborative album with Courtney Barnett in the form of Lotta Sea Lice, Vile has not released solo album of his own since 2015’s excellent b’lieve i’m goin’ down…
You can listen to “Bassackwards” in the player below. You can pre-order Bottle It In by following this link.
Bottle It In tracklist:
1. Loading Zones
2. Hysteria
3. Yeah Bones
4. Bassackwards
5. One Trick Ponies
6. Rollin With The Flow (Charlie Rich cover)
7. Check Baby
8. Bottle It In
9. Mutinies
10. Come Again
11. Cold Was The Wind
12. Skinny Mini
13. (bottle back)
Kurt Vile tour dates:
^ denotes w/ Meg Baird (solo)
# denotes w/ Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore
* denotes w/ Jessica Pratt
% denotes w/ The Feelies
+ denotes w/ The Sadies
& denotes w/ RVG
10/12 – Hamburg, Germany – Grünspan ^
10/13 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik ^
10/14 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller #
10/15 – Stockholm, Sweden – Bern #
10/16 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega #
10/18 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys #
10/19 – Munich, Germany – Muffathalle #
10/20 – Zurich, Switzerland – X-Tra #
10/21 – Lyon, France – Epicerie Moderne #
10/22 – Barcelona, Spain – Apolo #
10/23 – Madrid, Spain – Teatro Barceló #
10/25 – Lisbon, Spain – Lisboa Ao Vivo #
10/26 – Porto, Portugal – Hard Club #
10/27 – Bilbao, Spain – BIME Festival #
10/28 – Bordeaux, France – Theatre Barbey #
10/29 – Paris, France – La Cigale #
10/30 – Brussels, Belgium – Autumn Falls @ AB #
11/1 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso #
11/2 – Köln, Germany – Kantine #
11/3 – Groningen, Netherlands – Take Root Festival
11/5 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2 #
11/6 – London, UK – Shepherd’s Bush Empire #
11/7 – London, UK – Shepherd’s Bush Empire #
11/8 – Bristol, UK – St Philips Gate #
11/9 – Birmingham, UK – The Crossing #
11/10 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall #
11/11 – Leeds, UK – 02 Academy #
11/13 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 #
11/14 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street #
11/15 – Belfast, UK – The Limelight #
11/24 – Boston, MA – House of Blues *
11/28 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel *
11/30 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
12/3 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *
12/5 – Oklahoma City, OK – Jones Assembly *
12/6 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater *
12/7 – Dallas, TX – Canton Hall *
12/9 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park *
12/11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern *
12/12 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
12/14 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
12/15 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre *
12/16 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom *
12/19 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
12/20 – Madison, WI – Sylvee *
12/21 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall *
12/22 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *
12/29 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia %
2/14 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground +
2/15 – Montreal, QUE – Mtelus +
2/16 – Toronto, ONT – Danforth Music Hall +
2/19 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre +
2/20 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre +
2/21 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue +
2/22 – Louisville, KY – Headliners +
2/23 – Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre +
2/24 – St. Louis, MO – Pageant +
2/26 – Omaha, NE – The Slowdown +
2/27 – Kansas City, MO – Truman +
2/28 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
3/1 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot +
3/2 – Phoenix, AZ – TBD
3/3 – Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues +
3/5 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre +
3/6 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf +
3/8 – New Braunfels, TX – Gruene Hall +
3/9 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall +
3/10 – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre +
3/12 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham +
3/13 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live +
3/15 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn +
3/16 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium +
3/17 – Richmond, VA – The National +
4/11 – Aukland, NZ – Powerstation
4/13 – Wellington, NZ – Hunter Lounge
4/15 – Sydney, NSW – Enmore &
4/16 – Wallongong, NSW – Unibar &
4/17 – Canberra, NSW – ANU &
4/18 – Byron Bay, NSW – Byron Bay Bluesfest
4/20 – Byron Bay, NSW – Byron Bay Bluesfest
4/22 – Melbourne, VIC – The Forum &
4/27 – Adelaide, SA – The Gov &
4/28 – Perth, WA – Rosemount Hotel &
Photo credit Sharon Alagna
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