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''Wakin on a Pretty Daze'' is the fifth studio album by American indie rock musician Kurt Vile, released on April 9, 2013 on Matador Records. Produced by both John Agnello and Kurt Vile & the Violators, the album is the first not to feature contributions from long-time collaborator and former bandmate Adam Granduciel. Regarding the album's thematic and lyrical content, Vile stated, "It’s just about my life, without thinking too much about it. I feel comfortable with the lyrics. I think myself and my bandmates, my close bandmates, Rob Laakso and Jesse Trbovich, they’re right there with me. We all live it."〔(Kurt Vile on His New Album ‘Wakin on a Pretty Daze’ | MTV Hive )〕 The album reached number forty-seven on the ''Billboard'' 200 and forty-one on the UK Albums Chart. A deluxe edition of the album, entitled ''Wakin on a Pretty Daze: Deluxe Daze (Post Haze)'', was released on November 13, 2013. The re-release included a new EP, ''It's a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared)'',〔http://www.stillinrock.com/2013/11/new-kurt-vile-its-big-world-out-there.html〕 and new artwork by Steve Powers. ==Background and recording== In 2011, Kurt Vile's fourth studio album, ''Smoke Ring for My Halo'', was met with critical acclaim and its release significantly expanded his fan base. Reflecting on the extensive touring schedule which accompanied the album, Vile noted, "Things were going good and people were coming to our shows, which is nice, but it's also draining. And I have a family, so there are all kinds of psychological things weighing you down. So it's not like a cushy lifestyle — there's struggle and urgency in there in its own right. Ultimately you want some kind of struggle."〔(Talking 21st Century Songwriting With Kurt Vile : The Record : NPR )〕 Vile began writing tracks for his fifth studio album whilst on tour, practicing them during soundchecks: "The record was written all over the place, on tour,"〔(Kurt Vile Interview: "Everything’s an influence" | The Line Of Best Fit )〕 Vile elaborated "I was playing more gigs and more soundchecks and I was creating these sort of more epic tunes."〔(BEAT Magazine | Kurt Vile Interview )〕 Following the album's release longtime collaborator and guitarist Adam Granduciel departed from The Violators to focus on his own musical project, The War on Drugs, with sometime studio collaborator Rob Laakso joining in his place. Vile stated, "My newest steady bandmate () Rob Laakso, I’ve known him longer than I’ve known other members of my band. He joined the band right after ''Smoke Ring'' came out. He’s like a wiz-kid with synthesizers and engineering in general and guitar. He can sync things up with sequences and all that kind of stuff that I like, but am too ADD to figure it out."〔 At the close of the tour, drummer Mike Zanghi quietly departed from the band. Vile and the remaining Violators, Laakso and Jesse Trbovich, entered the studio with producer John Agnello, who had previously produced ''Smoke Ring for My Halo''. Using three studio drummers - including Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa, Vince Nudo of Priestess and former Violator, Michael Johnson - the band worked on songs with longer, more experimental arrangements, with Vile initially comparing the album to Fleetwood Mac's 1979 album, ''Tusk'', stating "It's so many hours of sessions. It's totally our ''Tusk'', but no cheese. Just rock."〔(Inside Kurt Vile's All-Rock, No-Cheese Spring 2013 Album | SPIN | The Making Of | In The Studio )〕 Vile noted that The Violators involvement with the recording process was more prominent than on previous releases, noting, "One day I’d like to make a record that is credited to ‘Kurt Vile and the Violators’, but so far in my career all my albums have felt like solo albums that we then take on tour with the band, but () on this one I think everyone contributed a bit more."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wakin on a Pretty Daze」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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