Kurt Vile - philadelphia's been good to me

Kurt Vile — philadelphia's been good to me 2LP

Philadelphia's Been Good to Me is the tenth studio album by the American indie rock musician Kurt Vile, released on May 29, 2026, on Verve Forecast Records. The album is Vile's first to be recorded and released after the death of his longtime collaborator and bandmate Rob Laakso.

These days Vile's songs begin in the middle of the story. In the third decade of his career, the journeyman musician seems even more content than ever to ride his own wave, to let his laid-back koans sit in the air without explanation or context, waiting for a listener to find the right frequency to understand or absorb them in their own time, writes The Guardian.

Philadelphia's Been Good to Me relies on the fact that Vile, 46, is an elder statesman of indie rock at this point, and that it would be downright strange for him to put on any airs, or even for him to sound as if he was performing for any kind of audience. The album is emphatically a Kurt Vile record — loose, lush, ambling, aimless, and totally, deeply poetic.

LP 1 Side A

1. Zoom 97

2. 99 BPM

3. Rock o' Stone

4. You don't know cuz it's my life

LP 1 Side B

1. Chance to Bleed

2. Philly's been good to me

3. 99th song

LP 2 Side A

1. Red Room Dub

2. Holiday OKV

3. Every time I look at you

LP 2 Side B

1. Piano for Sarah

2. Avalanches of Snow

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