Kurt Vile on his affection for nine-minute songs: 'People think I'm stoned, but I just think we're super heady and musical'
Kurt Vile has the amiable ability of sounding like a man wise beyond his years and a mischievous child in the same breath. Many might argue this duality is at the crux of his appeal.
Over the past decade, Vile has grown his fan base by turning out songs - what he calls "psychedelic-roots-American music" - that discuss the banal complexities of living life: knowing where to park for free, feeling like a wet-dry vac coughing up dust bunnies, all with unassuming, dry humor delivered with a slacker drawl.
