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- Summary: The five-track EP recorded over four years by the rock artist features a guest appearance from John Prine.
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- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Country, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Country-Folk
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Jan 14, 2021Overall, it's nice to spend a little time sharing Kurt Vile's ongoing journey.
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Jan 14, 2021These songs not only sound great—mostly acoustic in their arrangements, crisp and warm in their production, and lively in their performances—but that sense of camaraderie draws out something essential in Vile’s singing and playing. at’s okay. It’s sweetly minor, much like the other songs on here. That might not be enough to sustain a full album, but it’s lovely for an EP.
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Jan 14, 2021The closing “Pearls” rocks a bit harder as it progresses, and feels like a nod to Prine’s own hallmark show-stopper when he and his band would give The Carter Family’s “Bear Creek Blues” all the bluegrass finesse they had. But the EP’s finest moments are also its briefest.
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Jan 14, 2021It's tender and sad without any of the distance that he sometimes puts between himself and his listener, instead offering just a few uncluttered country-leaning songs that are simple, direct, and a little bit lonely.
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