Kurt Vile: So Outta Reach

“When your ax is acting up/ Throw some delay on it, turn it up,” Vile sings on this six-song EP’s almost-title track, “(so outta reach).” Not bad advice, really. Especially for someone like Vile, whose music has a muzzy, lived-in feel whether he’s layering vintage synthesizers in his bedroom or recording acoustic guitars in the studio with John Agnello, as he did on his most recent full-length for Matador, Smoke Ring for My Halo.   read more

Hear New Kurt Vile Track From Upcoming EP

Last month Kurt Vile announced plans to release his new EP So Outta Reach, which featured leftover tracks from the Smoke Ring For My Halo sessions as well as a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song.  read more

Kurt Vile to Release New EP So Outta Reach

This morning Matador Records announced via their blog that low-fi rocker Kurt Vile will be releasing a new six-song EP, comprised mostly of unused tracks recorded during the sessions for Vile's Smoke Ring For My Halo, which released march of this year. In addition to the session tracks, So Outta Reach includes a cover of Bruce Springsteen's 1984 song "Downbound Train".  read more