Kurt Vile B'Lieve I'M Goin Down... 07/18/2025 and Mario C (the Beastie

and Mario C (the Beastie Boys' producer) mixed it

steel guitar

Remastered from the original masters

Change is hard but also such a gift

What started as a phrase has turned into two independent albums

Kurt Vile B'Lieve I'M Goin Down... 07/18/2025 and Mario C (the BeastieKurt Vile scored a genuine word of mouth hit with his fifth album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze, its elongated rambles conjuring hazy half memories of Laurel Canyon while feeling uniquely situated to modern confines. B'lieve I'm Goin Down, released two years after that 2013 breakthrough, whittles away some of the excesses while retaining eccentricity, trading ten minute sprawls with six strings for woozy five minute vamps on a piano. Electric guitars aren't