KURT VILE

Kurt’s wry lopsided appeal is in joyful form on this freewheeling epic. His first album in three years, recorded in a selection of locations, is like a travelogue lead by a mischief-making Pied Piper. Fusing the influence of greats such as Willie Nelson and John Prine, he brings his own loveable worldview to the epic Bassackwards. He shapes the lovely loping gait of One Trick Ponies himself and his cover of the late Charlie Rich’s Rollin With The Flow is perfection. Uncork that bottle, pass it around.