Review: It has been some time since we had new stuff from Kurt Vile, and in many ways what's here isn't completely fresh. Not that we're complaining. Take 'Another Good Year For the Roses', for example, featuring Stella Mozgawa and Cate Le Bon, with the latter also credited as producer. Although this is the first time we've heard it, the track has roots in 2019, when those three names, alongside Rob Laakso, Chris Cohen and Adam Langellotti, were together at Stinson Beach, California. Four years later it was finally finished and leads this selection of tunes which also includes 'Constant Repeat', a wonderful cover of Charli XCX, and the epic title piece 'Back To The Moon'. Side notes done, the package sounds like everything you've fallen in love with Vile for over the years - sharp, almost-jarringly honesty writing, beautiful instrumentation with psychedelic and beachside hues equally audible.
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