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Kurt Vile
- Record Label: Verve / Verve Forecast
- Release Date: May 29, 2026
- Summary: Kurt Vile's latest full-length solo release is described as a love letter to his hometown of Philadelphia.
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- Record Label: Verve / Verve Forecast
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
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May 26, 2026Sweetly melodic, passionately crafted, it could just be his best yet.
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May 26, 2026This album is steeped in Vile's love for his city. And it travels with class. [Jul 2026, p.85]
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May 26, 2026Tap into Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me and you will find that Vile sounds as alarmingly great as ever, and more formally forward-thinking than he’s ever been.
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UncutMay 26, 2026These 12 big-hearted, wayward country-soul songs deliver manifold charms, not least of all with "Chance To Bleed", a carousing, unabashed tilt at Sticky Fingers-era Stones. [Jun 2026, p.35]
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Record CollectorJun 12, 2026In sweet-toned, self-sufficient sound and spirit, Philadelphia's Been Good To Me delivers deeper homefront dispatches: warming and deceptively wide-ranging tributes to his roots and the gifts - friends, family, music - they've given. [Jul 2026, p.100]
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Jun 15, 2026Far from sounding stuck in the past, Vile sounds enlivened by the vividness of such memories – perhaps explaining why this backward-looking album emerges as Vile’s most forward-thinking.
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Jun 4, 2026While his heart is in the right place, Vile intentionally locks into a hypnotic groove that makes these songs feel a little undercooked.