The War On Drugs

The Philidelphia based singer/songwriter Kurt Vile’s new record Smoke Ring For My Halo is getting a lot of attention in the music press and on the net. It’s a fine record and is set to be one of this years alternative hits that will be on lots of end of year lists. Today I was listening to the Musicheads podcast where it again received a very favourable review. I didn’t know until listening to it that Kurt Vile was in the band The War On Drugs.
War On Drugs were formed by Adam Granduciel and Kurt Vile with the attention of mixing their love of Bob Dylan with sonically textured indie/rock. Their 2008 debut album Wagonwheel Blues had quite a bit of filler on it but I highly recommend downloading the three stand out tracks Arms Like Boulders, Taking The Farm and A Needle In Your Eye #16.
Last year The War On Drugs released a very strong EP called Weather Future that went unnoticed. Again it shows that Kurt Vile's old band mate Adam Granduciel has the potential to make a truly great album. If he does then I hope it gets the props that Kurt Vile is.

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