# Loading Zones > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Loading_Zones > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Loading_Zones.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loading_Zones > Source revision: 1351918791 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox song | name = Loading Zones | type = single | cover = Kurt Vile – Loading Zones.png | alt = | artist = [Kurt Vile](/source/Kurt_Vile) | album = [Bottle It In](/source/Bottle_It_In) | released = {{start date|2018|08|16}} | genre = | length = {{duration|m=3|s=23}} | label = [Matador](/source/Matador_Records) | writer = Kurt Vile | producer = Kurt Vile, The Violators, [Peter Katis](/source/Peter_Katis) | prev_title = I'm an Outlaw | prev_year = 2016 | next_title = Bassackwards | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|7mbh43HgT4U|"Loading Zones"}} }} }} "'''Loading Zones'''" is a song by American [indie rock](/source/indie_rock) musician [Kurt Vile](/source/Kurt_Vile), released as the first single from his 2018 album ''[Bottle It In](/source/Bottle_It_In)''. Though the song's title refers to Vile's bragging about his skill at [parking in restricted areas](/source/Parking_violation) without receiving a [parking ticket](/source/parking_ticket), it is more generally an ode to his hometown of [Lansdowne, Pennsylvania](/source/Lansdowne%2C_Pennsylvania). ==Background and writing== Kurt Vile wrote the song during the recording sessions for ''[B'lieve I'm Goin Down...](/source/B'lieve_I'm_Goin_Down...)'', but would not record it until more than two years later.{{cite web |last=Konemann |first=Liam |title=Kurt Vile: Life Is Beautiful and Terrifying and Hilarious |url=https://www.readdork.com/features/kurt-vile-interview-nov18 |website=[Dork](/source/Dork_(magazine)) |accessdate=24 August 2019 |date=October 15, 2018}} He wrote the song as an ode to his hometown.{{cite web |last=Rindner |first=Grant |title=Kurt Vile Breaks Down "Loading Zones" on Genius' Series 'Verified' |url=https://genius.com/videos/Kurt-vile-breaks-down-loading-zones |website=[Genius](/source/Genius_(website)) |accessdate=24 August 2019}} The lines "Sure they knighted me yesterday" and "by mayoral decree" refer to his being given the [key to the city](/source/key_to_the_city). Vile said that the song's various metaphors are very loose and "not too scientific". ==Critical reception== The song was acclaimed by ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' for its "layered guitar gorgeousness" that sounds like "a meld of languid gothic-folk fingerpicking, watery strumming and some weirdly soulful [talkbox](/source/talkbox)y wah-wah jive that suggests [Joe Walsh](/source/Joe_Walsh) by way of [Future](/source/Future_(rapper))".{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kurt-vile-loading-zones-song-710932/|title=Song You Need to Know: Kurt Vile 'Loading Zones'|last=Dolan|first=Joe|date=August 16, 2018|accessdate=October 13, 2018}} ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' expressed approval for the optimistic and easily identifiable lyrics, as well as the "low-key psychedelic riffage."{{cite web |last=Reese |first=Nathan |title=Loading Zones by Kurt Vile Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/kurt-vile-loading-zones/ |website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |accessdate=24 August 2019 |date=August 16, 2018}} ==Promotion== Vile promoted the release of the song by mailing fans envelopes marked "Violators" that contained fake [parking ticket](/source/parking_ticket)s.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kurt-vile-returns-with-new-song-loading-zones-listen/|title=Kurt Vile Returns With New Song 'Loading Zones': Listen|work=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|last=Bloom|first=Madison|date=August 16, 2018|accessdate=October 13, 2018}} Some were also placed on car windshields. ==Music video== The music video was released on August 16, 2018, and features Vile driving around [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), where he was raised, eluding the [meter maid](/source/meter_maid)s in comedic fashion.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/639199872/kurt-vile-parks-for-free-in-loading-zones?t=1535548560763|title=Kurt Vile Parks For Free In 'Loading Zones'|last=McKenna|first=Lindsey|date=August 16, 2018|work=NPR|accessdate=August 29, 2018}} The meter maids were played by American actor [Kevin Corrigan](/source/Kevin_Corrigan) and [Pissed Jeans](/source/Pissed_Jeans) frontman Matt Korvette, and the video was directed by Drew Saracco.{{cite web |last=Schatz |first=Lake |title=Kurt Vile Returns with "Loading Zones", his First New Song in Three Years: Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2018/08/kurt-vile-loading-zones/ |website=[Consequence of Sound](/source/Consequence_of_Sound) |access-date=24 August 2019 |date=August 16, 2018}} ==Personnel== *Kurt Vile - lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica ;The Violators *[Rob Laakso](/source/Rob_Laakso) - bass, [Farfisa](/source/Farfisa) synthesizer, backing vocal *Kyle Spence - drums *Jesse Trbovich - electric guitar ;Additional musicians *Joe Kennedy - backing vocal *[Eric D. Johnson](/source/Eric_D._Johnson) - backing vocal *Margaret Yen - backing vocal *Farrah Katina - backing vocal *Robert Robinson - backing vocal ==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak
position |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|28|artist=Kurt Vile|song=Loading Zones|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 13, 2018}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|4|artist=Kurt Vile|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 24, 2018}} |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Kurt Vile}} {{authority control}} Category:2018 songs Category:2018 singles Category:Matador Records singles {{2018-single-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Loading Zones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loading_Zones) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loading_Zones?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.