In 2023, Kurt Vile is making numbers count. Just last month, Matador Records presented the iconic Philadelphia songwriter with a (vegan) cheesesteak trophy to commemorate the 100-millionth stream of ‘Pretty Pimpin‘ on Spotify.
Today, though, we’d like to draw your attention to another significant KV digit: The 10th anniversary of his fifth full-length and first 2xLP, Wakin on a Pretty Daze (2013).
To celebrate this milestone, we’ve brought the record back as a yellow vinyl available via Artist First for Australian fans.
Where previous albums alternated between gorgeous fingerpicking and heavy guitar workouts, Wakin blended the two into dreamy and expansive songs that frequently stretched well out beyond the five-minute mark.
Back then we said: “It’s a record that would have sounded great 30 years ago, sounds great today, and will still sound great 30 years from now.” Ten years down the line, we’re still confident that Wakin will deliver the goods – yesterday, today, and in 2043.
The reissue serves as the latest entry in Matador Records’ Revisionist History series. Matador will mark these anniversaries with new reissues and re-pressings. So far, the Revisionist History class of 2023 has highlighted Bettie Serveert’s Palomine, Pavement’s Slanted and Enchanted, and Yo La Tengo’s I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One.
Pre-order Wakin On A Pretty Daze here: https://kurtvile.ffm.to/
Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze
1. Wakin on a Pretty Day
2. KV Crimes
3. Was All Talk
4. Girl Called Alex
5. Never Run Away
6. Pure Pain
7. Too Hard
8. Shame Chamber
9. Snowflakes Are Dancing
10. Air Bud
11. Goldtone
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