“Kurt Vile continues to move forward on Bottle It In”
“His latest album is funny, moody, mordant and beautiful, capped by ten-minute songs that feel like epic stoner dramas”
“The rambling songwriter's artistic trajectory remains, as always, on an upward slant”
“Since 2015’s ‘b’lieve I’m going down’, off-kilter hero Kurt Vile has supported his spiritual forebear Neil Young, recorded an album of duets with long-haired mirror image Courtney Barnett (last year’s ‘Lotta Sea Lice’) and received the ultimate indie accolade – being a question on a gameshow that nobody can answer. “The Violators assist this ‘Pretty Pimpin’’ rocker in his foul work’ was the clue o”
“Kurt Vile is a world-class guitar player and a distinctive singer who writes easy to like songs and effortlessly cool lyrics And he’s a master at making not just great music, but good vibes, too. That’s a lot of positive musical qualities in one guy, and they certainly can add up to a transcendent album experience, as they did on Vile’s 2013 breakthrough Wakin On A Pretty Daze. A slippery synthes”
“The ranging album from the Philadelphia songwriter adopts a drifting mind as its emotional compass. There’s no rush to get where he’s going, and he rarely checks to see if you’re still following along.”
