Kurt Vile signed with the legendary jazz label Verve Records, Billboard reports. He will release his first album for the label next year. Until now, Vile has released his music via independent record companies, including Mexican Summer and Matador, which released 2018s Bottle it in and 2020s Speed, sound, lonely KV (ep).
In a statement, Vile said: “I have admired the Verve logo on my back (and front!) Of many Velvet Underground albums since my teens.” He added: ‘I think my previous album Bottle it in is my deepest record and I am still very proud of it. I’m excited to announce the sequel to Verve. It’s been a crazy thing over the years and I have hundreds of songs and ideas in the can, on paper and in tape recorders all scattered across the ‘kv zone’ … nuggets recorded before and after pandemic times .. in studios and from home … music from the past, present and, yes, we are still rolling. It’s going to be heavy, it’s going to be beautiful … and it’s going to be out there. ‘
Jamie Krents, Executive Vice President at Verve and Impulse! Records added: ‘I’ve been a big fan of Kurt for years and feel happy to have been able to join the Verve series. Simply put, he is one of my favorite artists and songwriters of any era and he makes timeless records. ”
As Vile noted in his statement, Verve was home to rock gigs like the Velvet Underground. Currently, Vile will be label partner with active artists such as Jon Batiste and Betty LaVette, as well as late legendary performances, including Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie.