Kurt Vile - The Bakery

KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS (USA)

With special guests Split Seconds // The Long Lost Brothers

8pm - 2am Saturday December 3

Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile can bring to mind anyone from Suicide to Leo Kottke to My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake and Eastern ragas – and he's hitting Perth with his band, The Violators, for the very first time on December 3 at The Bakery.

Kurt Vile might belong to a long lineage of classic American songwriters, but he’s the only one who’s alive and in his prime today. He has been on a slow burn accent since 2008, steadily rising from the American underground through relentless touring and the release of four smashing albums. The culmination of this groundwork was this year's epic, Smoke Ring For My Halo, which perfectly showcases the amazing range of Kurt's music. It’s tender and evocative, elusive but companionable, tough in the gut and the arm, swollen in the chest and giddy in the head. It’s a record that’s perfect for any given day in whatever season, to satisfy all moods in every possible scenario. Kurt Vile is touring with his cracking ensemble The Violators, who add the perfect amount of live grunt to Kurt's songs to make them roar.

Tickets on sale from lifeisnoise.com, Now Baking, Heatseeker, 78 Records, Mills and Planet for $45+bf.