So Outta Reach

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = So Outta Reach | type = ep | artist = Kurt Vile | cover = Soouttareach.jpg | alt = | released = November 8, 2011 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Magic Shop, Headgear, Water Music, Miner Street | genre = Lo-fi, Indie rock | length = | label = Matador | producer = John Agnello & Kurt Vile and the Violators | prev_title = Smoke Ring for My Halo | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Wakin on a Pretty Daze | next_year = 2013 }}

{{Music ratings | MC = 76/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/so-outta-reach-ep/kurt-vile|title=So Outta Reach [EP] by Kurt Vile|website=Metacritic |publisher=|accessdate=5 October 2016}}</ref> | rev1 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev1Score = (7.9)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15964-kurt-vile-so-outta-reach-ep/ |title=Kurt Vile - ''So Outta Reach'' EP | Pitchfork |first=Jayson |last=Green |work=pitchfork.com |accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref> }}

'''''So Outta Reach''''' is an EP by American indie rock musician Kurt Vile, released on November 8, 2011 on Matador Records. Produced by both John Agnello and Kurt Vile & the Violators, the EP's tracks were initially recorded during sessions for ''Smoke Ring for My Halo'' (2011) and reworked in the summer of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2011/09/06/kurt-vile-so-outta-reach-ep-and-deluxe-edition-of-album-november-8-the-creature-mp3-now/ |title=Kurt Vile – ''So Outta Reach'' EP and deluxe edition of album November 8, The Creature MP3 now |first= |last= |work=matadorrecords.com |accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref>

Upon release, ''So Outta Reach'' peaked at 28 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kurt Vile|chart=Heatseekers Albums}}|title=Kurt Vile Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media}}</ref>

The EP was subsequently included on the deluxe version of ''Smoke Ring for My Halo''.

==Background== Regarding the songs included on ''So Outta Reach'', Kurt Vile stated: "There are a lot of songs on there that I wanted to fit on [''Smoke Ring for My Halo''], like "The Creature." I really wanted to get that one on the record."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2014/06/kurt_vile_interview.php|title=Kurt Vile: Sometimes our shows are charming train wrecks - City Pages|date=22 June 2014|accessdate=8 July 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622130703/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2014/06/kurt_vile_interview.php|archivedate=22 June 2014}}</ref>

==Artwork== The EP's cover art features a collage of photographs featuring Vile asleep at a party. Regarding the cover, Vile noted, "I went to a party with my wife, and her friend Greg Chow—he's the Asian guy giving the devil horns—took the pictures. I drank too much tequila early on in the party, and he took all these photos and posted them online. Truthfully, I was embarrassed by them at first because I'm self-conscious, but my manager found them and was like, 'That's your cover.' I just laughed. And then he sent it to Matador, and they loved it."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://pitchfork.com/features/take-cover/8708-kurt-vile-so-outta-reach-ep/ |title=Take Cover: Kurt Vile - ''So Outta Reach'' – Pitchfork |first=Ryan |last=Dombal |work=pitchfork.com |date=14 November 2011 |accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref>

==Track listing== All tracks written by Kurt Vile except where noted. #"The Creature" #"It's Alright" #"Life's a Beach" #"Laughing Stock" #"Downbound Train" (Bruce Springsteen) #"(so outta reach)"

==Personnel== ===Kurt Vile & the Violators=== *Kurt Vile – vocals, guitar, banjo, synth, optigan *Adam Granduciel – guitar, sweet tones *Jesse Trbovich – guitar, saxophone, synth *Mike Zanghi – drums, percussion

===Additional musicians=== *Steve Shelley – drums (3) *Mike Polizze – bass (3) *Rob Laakso – bass (5)

===Recording=== *John Agnello – producer *Kurt Vile & the Violators – producers *Greg Calbi – mastering

===Artwork=== *Greg Chow – front cover photos and concept *Shawn Brackbill – back cover photo *Matt De Jong – design

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Category:2011 EPs Category:Kurt Vile EPs Category:Albums produced by John Agnello Category:Matador Records EPs