Kurt Vile has been speaking about new music for some time and now the guitarist has confirmed a new album from himself and the Violators titled b'lieve i'm goin down to be released during the Fall. A specific drop date hasn't been announced but perhaps it will come in September, before his world tour—which was also newly announced—will kick off on October 1.
Vile spent time at a number of studios since releasing the acclaimed Wakin' On A Pretty Daze, including the legendary Rancho de la Luna center in Joshua Tree, where he spent some time jamming along with Mali's famous Tuareg blues band, Tinariwen, as well as Stella Mozgawa, the drummer for Warpaint. Perhaps the products from one of those sessions will be part of what Vile referred to as his "best song ever," which he declared came from that session.
The guitarist has also alluded to more bluegrass-influenced music, and that believe would be his "darkest" work to date, although he also implied "darkest" may mean a "night vibe" and not necessarily a sad one. Plenty to be uncovered from this release and we suppose we'll get a few tastes as the tour and release approaches. You can check out an official video that Vile released, as well as the full list of dates thus far, below:
10/01: Boston @ The Paradise
10/03-04: Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/07: New York City @ Webster Hall
10/08: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/09: Philadelphia @ Union Transfer
10/10-11: Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/14: Los Angeles @ Fonda Theater
10/16: San Francisco @ Fillmore
10/17: Portland @ Crystal Ballroom
10/18: Seattle @ The Showbox
10/21: Minneapolis @ Mill City Nights
10/23: Chicago @ Thalia Hall
10/24: Detroit @ St. Andrew's Hall
10/25: Toronto @ Phoenix Theatre
10/30: Paris @ Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
10/31: Amsterdam @ London Calling
11/01: Brussels @ Autumn Falls
11/03: Hamburg, Germany @ Uebel & Gefahrlich
11/04: Aarhus, Denmark @ Voxhall
11/05: Oslo @ Rockefeller
11/06: Stockholm @ Munchenbryggeriet
11/07: Copenhagen @ Amerbui
11/09: Berlin @ Postbahnhof
11/10: Koln, Germany @ Gebaeude 9
11/11: Brighton @ Concorde 2
11/12: London @ Electric Ballroom
11/13: Bristol @ Motion
11/15: Dublin @ Vicar Street
11/16: Glasgow @ ABC 1
11/17: Leeds @ Leeds University Stylus
11/18: Manchester @ The Ritz
11/20: Lucerne, Switzerland @ Sudpol
11/21: Lyon, Fance @ Epicerie Moderne
11/22: Barcelona @ Apolo
11/23: Madrid @ Penelope
11/24: Lisbon @ Armazem F
