Vile, Kurt / Smoke Ring For My Halo
| Album: | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Vile, Kurt | Added: | Mar 2011 | |
| Label: | Matador Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-04-24 | Pull Date: | 2011-06-26 |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 5 | May 29 | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 11, 2023: | down in the basement
Jesus Fever |
4. | Apr 04, 2022: | Wee Animalcules (rebroadcast from Jun 3, 2011)
Puppet To The Man |
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| 2. | Oct 20, 2022: | down in the basement
Jesus Fever |
5. | Jan 13, 2022: | Reckless Burning (rebroadcast from Feb 18, 2017)
Smoke Ring For My Halo / Ghost Town |
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| 3. | Jul 14, 2022: | Down in the Basement
Peeping Tomboy |
6. | Jun 26, 2021: | Wee Animalcules (rebroadcast from Jun 3, 2011)
Puppet To The Man |
Album Review
Andy S
Reviewed 2011-05-08
Reviewed 2011-05-08
Cool mellow mopeyness over lush sorta-psychadelic acoustic-guitar-centric compositions. The vocals have a folky sad-sack gruffness and the lyrics a slacker-indie lazy profundity. It has a singer-songwriter intimacy, but it's so much fuller than that. Really great, engulfing songs.
All tracks good but watch FCC on 7. —Andy
*1 - (3:56) rainforest density to the backing; pleasant love tune
**2 - (3:46) quiet start; upbeat sunny driven tune with bright jangle-pop guitar line
**3 - (3:52) 70's psych rock base with electrics and boomy percussion
4 - (5:26) nice lyrics; pretty, unobtrusive backing arrangement gets bigger in last ~1:30
5 - somewhat mystic/synthy dramatic glamness
6 - (4:01) expansive outdoorsy sound with a folky rebel-drawl
*7 FCC "shit" - cleaner guitar and dynamic songwriting
8 - cheery, almost bouncy guitar part contrasts the self-loathing vocals
9 - paced, bright and almost hopeful
**10 - plodding but fairly upbeat, big feel, some hooks in the vocal line, anthemic instrumental departure for a long stretch towards end then down to bare voice and guitar
11 - lo-fi full-bodied guitar sample
All tracks good but watch FCC on 7. —Andy
*1 - (3:56) rainforest density to the backing; pleasant love tune
**2 - (3:46) quiet start; upbeat sunny driven tune with bright jangle-pop guitar line
**3 - (3:52) 70's psych rock base with electrics and boomy percussion
4 - (5:26) nice lyrics; pretty, unobtrusive backing arrangement gets bigger in last ~1:30
5 - somewhat mystic/synthy dramatic glamness
6 - (4:01) expansive outdoorsy sound with a folky rebel-drawl
*7 FCC "shit" - cleaner guitar and dynamic songwriting
8 - cheery, almost bouncy guitar part contrasts the self-loathing vocals
9 - paced, bright and almost hopeful
**10 - plodding but fairly upbeat, big feel, some hooks in the vocal line, anthemic instrumental departure for a long stretch towards end then down to bare voice and guitar
11 - lo-fi full-bodied guitar sample
Track Listing
| 1. | Baby's Arms | 6. | Runner Ups | |||
| 2. | Jesus Fever | 7. | In My Time | |||
| 3. | Puppet To The Man | 8. | Peeping Tomboy | |||
| 4. | On Tour | 9. | Smoke Ring For My Halo | |||
| 5. | Society Is My Friend | 10. | Ghost Town |