OFM_319 People - Kurt Vile - FINAL_DEPT 2 / 22 / 19 12 : 58 PM Page 1 figure out some things than others . Once you’re rolling along [ on a tour ] , ideally the songs get tighter every night , and you can change the set list to break things up , if you need to . All of us are here because we want to be here . We’re all musicians , but this goes for the people in the crew , too : We all know how to do Long , the job in front of us . We also get to have that release every night . It’s intense but cool ; we get paid to play all over the world . Eventually the touring will stop . You’re a family man now . Technology must Strange make it a lot simpler to keep in touch while you’re on the road , but does your family ever join you on the road ? You’ve got to have balance when it comes to family ; Trip sometimes my family will meet me on the road , and that’s a good thing . My wife is going to meet me in Nashville , at the Ryman [ Auditorium ] , and then they’re going to be with me in Australia , and I’ll stay out there a little longer than everyone else . Your two daughters are old enough to have When indie - rock star Kurt Vile returns to Orlando , strong opinions and know what’s going on in things might get weird . By Bill Donahue the world around them . What do they think of Dad’s job and Dad’s music ? URT VILE HAS THE SOFTEST OF SPOTS FOR ORLANDO . Last time the My oldest daughter is going to turn 9 , so it’s a cool Philadelphia - based singer - songwriter played a gig in town , at The time . They’re both supportive . They like it . They’re K Social , he had a “ pretty trippy ” experience , as he calls it . For musicians and writers in their own way ; it’s all they’ve ever known . someone who has made his bones by manufacturing an almost psychedelic brand of lo - fi , chilled - out indie rock , that’s saying something . Your musical influences seem apparent enough : Tom Petty , Neil Young , J Mascis . Did growing “ It was the weirdest thing , ” he recalls . “ I was up in Philadelphia have an influence on you signing records after the show , and this kid comes and your music ? up and says , ‘ I grew up in the house you live in now . ’ It turned out he was right , but it was a little Q & A It does influence me in ways . I worked at Philadelphia insane to meet this kid in Orlando telling me all Brewing Company from ’ 03 to ’ 09 , and some of my about my house in Philly . ” earlier records I put out while working at the brewery . Your songs have a sort of nomadic feel , in that Known for his hypnotic guitar work and … There were a lot of younger bands going on in they make me want to be on the road , heading soothing , stream - of - consciousness lyrics , Vile has Philly when I was getting started , and there was this somewhere . Do you have a specific intention become something of a contemporary balladeer , whole subculture of that low - fi DIY scene going on when you write a song , or are you just letting go writing about the everyday and the profound . Fans in the early to mid - and seeing what happens ? at home and abroad routinely pack his shows , and 2000s.I was also inspired When I’m writing a song , I’m thinking about how culture critics have heaped praise upon his many by Philly - area bands like I’m feeling , and usually it’s a little open . With [ the albums , including 2018 ’ s the Dead Milkmen and 2013 album ] Bottle It In , his seventh . Wakin on a Pretty Daze , it was the Ween , out of New Vile’s life has traveled a long , strange , and unex - opposite of being on the road — just being comfortable Hope [ a Philadelphia pected road since he burst onto the scene 10 years at home . I like songs that don’t have to be about suburb ] . When I was ago . Back then , in 2008 , his indie - rock band The one thing ; I could be noticing things while I’m teenager , I would go to War on Drugs had just released its debut album , sitting on the couch , or traveling or doing something Stalag 13 in West Philly and he also dropped his first solo album , else . It makes me think of a song from Willie Constant and play my banjo . I Nelson that I love : “ Still is Still Moving to Me . ” I’m Hitmaker . While The War on Drugs has certainly saw a lot of punk shows on a bus right now , but the bus could be moving a achieved its share of success , Vile’s decision to go Kurt’s new album , there . million miles an hour or it could be stopped some - solo proved to be a wise one . He has toured the Bottle It In where , or I could be relaxing and staying at home or world , taken the stage at festivals such as Bonnaroo , being with my family . We’re always moving . It’s Coachella and Lollapalooza , and collaborated with So you have tonight’s show . You have the rest of like a not - so - vicious cycle . No matter what we’re the highly acclaimed Australian singer - songwriter the tour . What happens after that ? doing , the world keeps turning . Courtney Barnett . This is our second time touring in the [ United ] We caught up with Vile while he was on a tour States for this record . After the U.S . tour , we’re off You’re in the midst of an ambitious tour . How bus , en route to Indianapolis as part of an ambitious for three weeks , more or less . Then we’ll go to has life as a touring musician changed you , for tour in support of Australia , and then we have a month off . Then we Bottle It In . The tour will bring better or for worse ? go to Europe . Once I’m off the road , then I’ll start him and his band , The Violators , back to Orlando thinking about my next move . I’m listening to new on March 12 , for a show at The Beacham Theater . It’s definitely changed for the better . As intense as music whenever I can , and eventually I’ll be recording During the interview , Vile talked about the ups and touring is , we’re playing music every night . When again . It’s more of the same , really , but it’s what I downs of life on the road , fatherhood , and what you’re starting a record , you’re usually working out a love to do . happens next . lot of kinks , and it definitely takes me a little longer to 56 ORLANDO FAMILY march 2019 ORLANDOFAMILYMAGAZINE.COM