10. KURT VILE - SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO
Breaking into the top 10 then is this one. 10 and 11 on this list are certainly linked in as Kurt Vile used to be in The War on Drugs. What we're talking about is 2011 was the year that americana and guitar effects worked swimmingly well together to produce a sound that offers both the sonic need for echo and the emotional need for reflection.
Take "runner ups" for example:
"My best friend's long gone / but I got runner-ups, yeah!" shows the inevitability of drifting apart from close buddies and "Smoke Ring For My Halo" says it all really - confusion about ego in a sardonic manner. This boy has it all.
Well, Vile was only signed by Matador Records as a solo artist in 2009, but was born in 1980, so has the life experience to depart on us too. He shows he's been through a lot, but of course he still wants to find comfort: "I have everything I need / It's fine now" - sometimes it's the direct and simple things that are best because they know exactly what they want to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnrB3UEoZDc
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