Kurt Vile & the Violators play Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida on February 1, 2017. Credit: Photo by Anthony Martino
Kurt Vile goes Back to Moon Beach on his new EP, and he has plans to bring some of it to Tampa Bay this summer.

Tickets to see Kurt Vile play Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, May 8 are on sale now for $29.50.

The only other Florida shows on the tour are in Orlando (May 7) and Jacksonville (May 9).
The 44-year-old is known for sprawling out on his records—all complete with his trademark, stoner Leonard Cohen delivery—so it makes sense to see Vile calling an hour-long release an “EP.”

The EP is somewhat of a departure from Vile’s mostly-posi outlook on the world, but still includes sprawling meditations (“Back To Moon Beach”), heartland folk (“Another Good Year for the Roses”), and a little synth-pop version of Mitch Miller’s “Must Be Santa”(popularized by Bob Dylan).

Vile—ranked no. 215 on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Guitarists of All-Time—was last in the Bay area seven years ago when he turned in a 90-minute guitar clinic for Ybor City.

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