★★★★★
Culled from last year's Wakin' on a Pretty Daze recording sessions, Kurt Vile's follow-on Big World EP offers an additional seven tracks of his trademark psych-Americana, employing equal parts Neil Young-inspired songwriting and J Mascis-esque vocal drawl. Lyrically, Kurt continues to hone his wry witticisms that sometimes hint at an indiscernible poignancy...
- www.adequacy.net
2014-01-15
★★★★★
Kurt Vile: GQ's rockstar of the year, psych/indie/grunge/pop genius, and just all around talented guy has dropped his latest EP, it's a big world out there (and i'm scared). The EP acts as a B-side to Wakin on a Pretty Daze, Vile's most recent album release, and was recorded during the same sessions. A special edition of Wakin on a Pretty Daze, with this EP in tow is also set for release--so if you don't have either, get both at once...
- www.theaureview.com
2013-11-21
★★★★★
has bought a synthesiser, and he wants everyone to know it. The Philadelphian chap's new EP, collects various offcuts from this year's album and chucks them all together, creating a big pile of Americana that is so hip sounding it could probably unite and readers, which in music writing terms is like uniting Israel and Palestine, probably. It doesn't take long for the synth to rear its head. Opener 'Never Run Away (String Synth)' adds a kind of Phil Spector vibe to proceedings...
- www.drownedinsound.com
2013-11-21
★★★★★
Label:
Matador Records
Release Date:
18/11/2013
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Kurt Vile has bought a synthesiser, and he wants everyone to know it. The Philadelphian chap's new EP, It's a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) collects various offcuts from this year's Wakin on a Pretty Daze album and chucks them all together, creating a big pile of Americana that is so hip sounding it could probably unite Uncut and Pitchfork readers, which in music writing...
- drownedinsound.com
2013-11-22
★★★★★
There are a lot of artists working the indie folk/rock beat--even some very good ones--who would kill to write as song as aching and beautiful as "Feel My Pain." It's the kind of muted, melancholy trip that could launch a career. For Kurt Vile, it's basically a B-side, appearing on the collection of outtakes and cast-offs from his last recording session (which produced April's Wakin' On a Pretty Daze) on the new It's a Big World Out There (and I am Scared) EP...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2013-11-21
★★★★★
Kurt Vile
'It's A Big World Out There (And I Am Scared)' (Matador)
3.5
By Alex Denney
12 Nov 2013
He might look like he regularly wakes up with Rizlas gummed to his cheek, but Kurt Vile is a...
- mamacolive.com
2013-11-19
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