How many albums will it take for Kurt Vile to overcome being known as "the guy who quit The War on Drugs?" For his sixth studio album, b'lieve I'm goin down... Kurt Vile seems to have solidified his musical identity. He sounds wise beyond his years, and yet he meanders through life and leaves his followers wondering where the music stops.

You might consider him this generation's Neil Young. Every album could be the last while each song sounds like the beginning of a new thread in his music career. Vile has resisted making a rock record and his fans have rewarded him. b'lieve I'm goin down... is a singer-songwriter album dressed up for people who want him to be considered a rock musician. Recorded in various locations, the thing that ties the songs together isn't an instrument or a studio, it's Vile's voice and writing.

He's the coolest person you know and he doesn't seem to care. You have to be cool for Kim Gordon to pen your album promo copy. In her words, "Kurt does his own myth making; a boy/man with an old soul voice in the age of digital everything becoming something else, which is why this focused, brilliantly clear and seemingly candid record is a breath of fresh air."

b'lieve i'm goin down... tracks

01 Pretty Pimpin

02 I'm an Outlaw

03 Dust Bunnies

04 That's Life, tho (almost hate to say)

05 Wheelhouse

06 Life Like This

07 All in a Daze Work

08 Lost My Head there

09 Stand Inside

10 Bad Omens

11 Kidding Around

12 Wild Imagination

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