Kurt Vile - B’lieve I’m Goin Down...
Kurt Vile - B’lieve I’m Goin Down...
It took me a while to really come around to this record. Sure, after the first few songs, I knew it was obviously good music. But I was having trouble finding a real foothold, it wasn’t really grabbing me like a great record should. Everything seemed a bit too haphazard for me.
Turns out I wasn’t really listening closely enough. Because as the record went on, it demanded my attention.
Disguised beneath the loose, rambling outer shape of these songs is a core of deeply elegant instrumentation. While this music often has the feel of acoustic bedroom folk, the production is actually very subtly orchestrated. And Kurt Vile’s rock-steady vocal performance anchors everything in matter-of-fact melancholy.
So - give this record a chance to work its way under your skin, and you’ll be sure to love it. I b’lieve you’ll see it streaming by goin down.
P.S. The first few tracks are great too, I loved them on my second listen.
Highlights: Dust Bunnies • Life Like This • Lost My Head There
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