SOLD OUT - Kurt Vile and The Violators w. Emily Robb

Please Note: There is a delivery delay on all orders until approximately two weeks prior to the show._________Back to Moon Beach (Verve Records) is an EP by no ones definition but Kurt Viles. Clocking in at just shy of an hour, this would be a long full-length record by most any other artists 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 Kurts studio: OKV Central. Its been a heavy few years and plenty of excuses to get lost in outer space behind the microphones. Mant Sounds KVs 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.EP opener Another Good Year For The Roses is a richly psychedelic piano-driven earworm with swirling lap steel and catchy blues-pop guitars, and a deeply meditative yet characteristically hooky bend. Written a full year before the pandemic and recorded in October 2019 just shy of it Touched Somethin (Caught a Virus) was originally intended for Viles 2022 full length (watch my moves), but was ultimately left off of that record out of concern that it would be interpreted too literally, given the state of the world that unfolded shortly after its recording.Somberly, the Stinson Beach material in the collection are some of the final unreleased recordings with Kurts longtime creative partner Rob Laakso, prior to his passing in early 2023. The EP is rounded out with a few fan favorites his covers of Wilcos Passenger Side and Bob Dylans Christmas song Must Be Santa, (featuring vocals by Kurts daughters Awilda and Delphine Vile) which Kurt is excited to bring to a wider platform (just in time for the holidays!) after its Spotify-only release last year. The final track brings-it-all-back-home with a punched-up, radio-ready version of (watch my moves) standout Cool Water originally recorded with the Violators in January 2020 by Rob Schnapf at Mant sounds and remixed by Rob Schnapf again in May 2023 for this release and for the radio!