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Interview with KURT VILE - B'lieve I'm Goin Down...

22. October 2015

Interview with KURT VILE - B'lieve I'm Goin Down...

eclipsed: Your new record sounds like a musical version of "Night Hawks", the painting by Edward Hopper. It has such a sinister mood.

Vile: The record was made in the same way as my earlier records. I had a handful of songs I wanted to record. When I went into the studio, I was satisfied with the songs I had prepared best. But the better songs were the ones I just wrote on the side and in between, because they reflected a certain moment. That's one of the characteristics of this record. A lot of things actually only decided the moment we recorded them. The plate thus demanded its own shape.

eclipsed: On this record everything somehow belongs together. It has a holistic form. But if you listen more closely, you will find many very different details. It's like Otis Redding and Lou Reed making a country record with Sonic Youth as backing band.