#Kurt Vile Signs With Legendary Jazz Label Verve Records

Kurt Vile has signed with legendary jazz label Verve Records, Billboard reports. He’ll release his first LP for the label next year. Until now, Vile has released his music via independent record labels including Mexican Summer and Matador, which issued 2018’s Bottle It In and 2020’s Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep).

In a statement, Vile said, “I’ve admired the Verve logo on the back (and front!) of many a Velvet Underground album since my teens.” He added, “I think my previous album Bottle It In is my deepest record and I’m still really proud of it. I’m excited to release its follow-up on Verve. It’s been a crazy f***in year and I’ve got hundreds of songs and ideas in the can, on paper, and in tape recorders all strewn about the ‘kv zone’… nuggets recorded before-and-after pandemic times… in studios and from home… music past, present and, yup, we’re still rolling. It’s gonna be heavy, it’s gonna be beautiful… and it’s gonna be out there.”

Jamie Krents, the executive vice president at Verve and Impulse! Records, added, “I’ve been a massive fan of Kurt’s for years and feel beyond lucky to have him join the Verve roster. Simply put, he’s one of my favorite artists and songwriters of any era and he makes timeless records.”

As Vile noted in his statement, Verve has been home to rock acts like the Velvet Underground. Currently, Vile will be labelmates with active artists like Jon Batiste and Betty LaVette, as well as late legendary acts including Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dizzy Gillespie.