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~ All Music Guide

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KURT VILE - Smoke Ring For My Halo LP Death Punk constructing remarkably evocative and emotionalPhiladelphia singer songwriter KURT VILE returns with his second proper album (2008's Childish Prodigy was a compendium of sorts). Smoke Ring For My Halo is a gorgeously layered record. Ranging from the tender breezy folk in "Jesus Fever" to the tuff urban guitar riff of "Puppet To The Man" Vile's distinctive Philly accented vocal ties together a sweeping & evocative project a true American psychedelic folk album. This is no pastoral listening