Kurt Vile has announced his first new full-length album since 2018’s Bottle It In. This one’s called (watch my moves), and it’s out April 15. It’s his first release on his new label home, Verve Records. Today, he’s also shared the video for a new song called “Exploding Like Stones,” which features Sun Ra Arkestra’s James Stewart. Watch it below, and find Vile’s upcoming tour dates, too.
The new album includes a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Wages of Sin.” Vile’s band the Violators appear on the album he self-produced with help from Rob Schnapf, and it also includes contributions from Cate Le Bon, Chastity Belt, Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa, and percussionist Sarah Jones.
(watch my moves) was recorded at Vile’s home studio OKV Central. “When Waylon Jennings became an outlaw country artist, he liked to record at Hillbilly Central, which was Tompall Glaser’s studio,” Vile said in a statement. “OKV Central is my version of that in Mount Airy. I’ve come into my own here, and at the same time I’m getting back to my home-recording roots.”
Kurt Vile: (watch my moves)
(watch my moves):
01 Goin on a Plane Today
02 Flyin (like a fast train)
03 Palace of OKV in Reverse
04 Like Exploding Stones
05 Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)
06 Hey Like a Child
07 Jesus on a Wire
08 Fo Sho
09 Cool Water
10 Chazzy Don’t Mind
11 (shiny things)
12 Say the Word
13 Wages of Sin
14 kurt runner
15 Stuffed Leopard
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Kurt Vile:
04-26 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa !
04-27 Saxaphaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom !
04-28 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel !
04-30 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Music Festival
05-01 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium !
05-03 Oklahoma City, OK – Jones Assembly !
05-04 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall !
05-05 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater !
05-06 Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater !
05-07 San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater !
05-09 Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren !
05-10 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park !
05-12 Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at The Ace Hotel !
05-13 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore !
05-14 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore !
05-15 Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery !
05-17 Portland OR – Crystal Ballroom !
05-18 Tacoma, WA – Spanish Ballroom !
05-19 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory !
05-20 Seattle, WA – The Moore !
05-21 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
05-23 Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
05-25 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue %
05-26 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Ballroom %
05-27 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall %
05-28 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall %
06-01 New York, NY – Webster Hall %
06-02 New York, NY – Webster Hall @
06-03 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer %
06-04 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer @
08-26 London, England – All Points East Festival
08-27 Bath, England – Forum
08-28 Leeds, England – Stylus
08-29 Glasgow, Scotland – QMU
08-30 Belfast, Ireland – Limelight
08-31 Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
09-02 Birmingham, England – Moseley Folk & Arts Festival
09-03 Manchester, England – Manchester Psych Fest
09-04 Dorset, England – End of the Road Festival
09-05 Antwerp, Belgium – OLT
09-12 Cologne, Germany – Gloria Theater
09-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
09-14 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Openluchttheater Goffert
09-15 Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
09-16 Copenhagen, Denmark – The Grey Hall
09-17 Malmö, Sweden – Plan B
09-19 Kortrijk, Belgium – Depart
09-20 Paris, France – Le Trianon
! with Chastity Belt
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@ with Sun Ra Arkestra
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