“As a song title, Kurt Vile's "Wakin on a Pretty Day" is on-the-nose, a mood/weather-changing call for "Serenity Now" that'll either get your mind right or encourage you to call in sick. It's just that easy to sink into, largely because it maintains the same comforting qualities that defined Smoke Ring for My Halo: close-mic'd, drawled vocals, shimmery acoustic guitars, squishy flanger. What distin”
