LIKE many of those who are misleadingly dubbed slackers, Kurt Vile actually has a rigorous work ethic. Having just released an album-length EP entitled “Back To Moon Beach”, he’s about to herd the Violators back into his Philly studio OKV Central for a week of recording before they disperse for the holidays.
“It’s come to the end of the touring [cycle], so I’ve got to capture the band while we have a purpose. We have to do it now or we’ll never capture that version of us, that telepathic thing you gain from playing together all the time.” Vile says he has some “snippets” of new song ideas, “but it’s also a lot of ‘Let’s see what happens’ because you can say for miles what you’re gonna do, but you never really know. Everybody just has to get together.”
For now, Vile is excited to find out what the readers want to know. “I love it, I’m ready. Because these days, I
