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Kurt Vile

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Back to Moon Beach (Verve Records) is an EP by no one’s definition but Kurt Vile’s. Clocking in at just shy of an hour, this would be a long full-length record by most any other artist’s yardstick, but for Kurt, the collection is an expression of just how deep his well of non-album material runs. Culled from various sessions over the last four years, and representing a wide swath of the inspirational musical community Kurt surrounds himself with, the core 4 songs of the record (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 6) were born in the fall of 2019 at Panoramic Studios in Stinson Beach, California alongside close musical partners Rob Laakso, Stella Mozgawa, Chris Cohen and with coproduction on tracks 1, 3 and 6 by Cate Le Bon. Later fleshed out with bandmate and producer / engineer Adam Langelotti, additional musical parts were played by “Farmer” Dave Scher and Mikel Patrick Avery.

Many other moments (including hella overdubs on the Stinson Beach material) are from intense sessions on planet Philly at Kurt’s studio: OKV Central. It’s been a heavy few years and plenty of excuses to get lost in outer space behind the microphones. Mant Sounds – KV’s go-to recording studio in Los Angeles – was a third and crucial launchpad to ram these sessions home… a familiar spaceship run by Rob Schnapf and often flown by Matt Schuessler as engineer.

Genres

: art pop chamber pop indie rock modern folk rock neo-psychedelic noise pop philly indie singer-songwriter

Total plays

637.0 million
Updated on 2025-06-15

Country

United States

Social media links

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Monthly listeners

909,157

Followers

533,728

Top Cities

  1. Australia
    Sydney
    14,491 listeners
  2. Australia
    Melbourne
    15,420 listeners
  3. United States
    New York City
    15,653 listeners
  4. United States
    Chicago
    17,633 listeners
  5. United States
    Los Angeles
    13,751 listeners

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213,817 4:33 2011-11-07
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209,733 1:09 2009-03-03
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201,793 5:13 2008-03-04
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174,108 1:33 2010-10-19
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163,316 1:44 2008-03-04
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160,757 3:29 2010-10-25
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142,126 3:04 2010-10-19
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131,696 5:18 2010-10-19
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Wakin On A Pretty Daze
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So Outta Reach
So Outta Reach
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Smoke Ring For My Halo
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In My Time
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The Hunchback EP
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Square Shells
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Childish Prodigy
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God Is Saying This to You…
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