The 2018 Halloween score gave his music its biggest audience in decades

It resides within a canon of musical output by a singer/songwriter no one has heard of

Wars Of Attrition

this is its first release on LP

KURT VILE - Smoke Ring For My Halo LP Grunge The 2018 Halloween score gavePhiladelphia singer songwriter KURT VILE returns with his second proper album (2008's Childish Prodigy was a compendium of sorts). Smoke Ring For My Halo is a gorgeously layered record. Ranging from the tender breezy folk in "Jesus Fever" to the tuff urban guitar riff of "Puppet To The Man" Vile's distinctive Philly accented vocal ties together a sweeping & evocative project a true American psychedelic folk album. This is no pastoral listening