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It's a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared)

It's a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) is an EP by American indie rock band Kurt Vile and the Violators, released on November 19, 2013, on Matador Records.[1] The EP is the second to be credited to both Vile and his backing band, and is included on the deluxe edition of Vile's fifth studio album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze: Deluxe Daze (Post Haze).

It's a Big World Out There
(And I Am Scared)
EP by
Kurt Vile and the Violators
ReleasedNovember 13, 2013
GenreIndie rock
Length29:33
LabelMatador
ProducerKurt Vile & the Violators, Rob Laakso & John Agnello
Kurt Vile and the Violators chronology
Wakin on a Pretty Daze
(2013) 		It's a Big World Out There
(And I Am Scared)
(2013) 		b'lieve I'm goin down...
(2015)

Regarding the release, Vile noted: "It's more of like a psychedelic journey that's a companion piece to the style of [Wakin on a Pretty Daze], than an EP that just stands on its own."[2]

Background and recording

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It's a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) was mostly recorded during the same sessions as Kurt Vile's fifth studio album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze, and includes variations on the tracks, "Never Run Away", "Snowflakes Are Dancing" and "Air Bud".

Regarding the track, "Feel My Pain", Vile noted, "[The song is a] stripped-down, ominous folk number, exceptionally meticulous in its finger-picked arrangement, [it] has since become a favorite of mine for all its rawness."[3] He later elaborated: "I always loved ["Feel My Pain"]. And we tried to put that on [Wakin on a Pretty Daze], and we added all these tracks to it, making it more in that epic fashion. But something was lost to me, it seemed like more of a ghostly, stripped-down folk affair. So that was something of substance that I put on [the EP]."[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Never Run Away (string synth)"3:25
2."NRA Reprise"1:34
3."Feel My Pain"6:20
4."Snowflakes Extended"5:42
5."Wedding Budz"4:15
6."The Ghost of Freddie Roach"6:23
7."(reprise reprise)"`1:54

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ ""it's a big world out there (and i am scared)"". matadorrecords.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Kurt Vile: Sometimes our shows are charming train wrecks | City Pages". Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "Kurt Vile of Philadelphia - Official Website". www.kurtvile.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
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