Smoke Ring for My Halo

by Kurt Vile

Smoke Ring for My Halo cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 March 2011
  • Label: Matador
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:49
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Kurt Vile's breakthrough album refines his hazy, lo-fi aesthetic into sharp, introspective songwriting. The tracks are built around his nimble fingerpicking and stoned, rambling delivery. It captures the feeling of a lazy afternoon spent lost in thought.

Genres

Descriptors: dreamy, lo-fi, slacker, dusty, confessional, melodic, guitars, unpolished, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Baby's Arms (03:56)
  2. Jesus Fever (03:46)
  3. Puppet to the Man (03:52)
  4. On Tour (05:26)
  5. Society Is My Friend (05:39)
  6. Runner Ups (04:00)
  7. In My Time (03:47)
  8. Peeping Tomboy (04:24)
  9. Smoke Ring for My Halo (04:35)
  10. Ghost Town (06:23)
  11. (shell blues) (01:01)

Credits

  • Reynold Jaffe - management
  • Greg Calbi - mastered by
  • Shawn Brackbill - photography by [band photos]
  • Michael Ast - photography by [dumpster photo]
  • John Agnello - producer
  • Kurt Vile & The Violators - producer
  • Jeff Zeigler - recorded by
  • Adam Granduciel - written-by
  • Kurt Vile - written-by

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