This was FADER TV’s second time filming Kurt Vile (the first being Party in the Pines), and we’ve concluded that it is impossible to make this guy look anything short of badass. He could do his taxes and we would watch it. But instead, we had the good fortune of seeing him play some new tracks off of Childish Prodigy at Heathers Bar the day before the album was released. And like some strange hybrid between Eddie Vedder and Farrah Fawcett, Kurt managed to simultaneously make us swoon and wonder what kind of conditioner he uses. Watch part one, then watch part two, in which Vile performs "Slow Talkers" and "Blackberry Song"—this time with less eye contact. art one