Kurt Vile Talks About His Latest, ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV’

At a young age, records transported Kurt Vile. The soon-to-be professional songwriter would, as a kid, play his father’s albums over and over again. There were standards like John Denver but there was also the personal favorite, Rusty and Doug, two brothers who recorded mostly in the 1950s. Vile loved their brand of Louisiana-infused early rock ‘n’ roll. Listening to his dad’s albums, Vile would imagine he was a singer in the bands. Those early, foggy memories were, in actuality, some of the earliest proverbial building blocks of Vile’s creative and musical foundation. From there, he would go on to co-found the band, The War on Drugs, and build a fruitful solo career, which continues with the release of his latest EP, Speed, Sound, Lonely KV, which was released Friday.