Once I stumbled upon The War on Drugs and frontman Kurt Vile's solo work, I immediately became obsessed with their indie psychadelic rock sound that is always one of my favorites. Kurt Vile successfully brings the sound of "real rock" back and puts his own twist that creates a sound reminiscent of Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen with a more dreamy and relaxed sound. Vile's solo work such as "Hey Now I'm Movin'" also incorporates some Bob Dylan-like harmonica as well. The Philadelphia-based band has already toured with Neil Young and Sonic Youth and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth has admitted to "listening to Kurt Vile's latest CD, 'Child Prodigy'...too much." Pitchfork has also given their first EP a 7.4 and it has garnered a decent amount of critical claim in the indie music scene.
My personal favorite is "Comin' Through" which was leaked a few months back and is now on their new album, "Future Weather", which came out on October 25th. "Brothers" and "Baby Missiles" also stand out from the rest of the stellar album that was released by Secretly Canadian, the record label that also released albums for Animal Collective, Yeasayer, and Jens Lekman. The neo-psychadelic, acoustic vibes of The War on Drugs produce a unique sound that givea me hope that true rock music is still alive and Kurt Vile is able to bring out the inner hippy in all of us.
Stay golden,
Brian
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