Don't let the "lo-fi" label fool you: Kurt Vile's sixth album may be coated in the soft fuzz of overplayed vinyl, and his voice may be a cracked college-rock purr, but b’lieve i’m goin down… is a dense, lick-stuffed album, as indebted to '70s singer/songwriters as it is to '80s college students and '90s slackers. "Pretty Pimpin"'s verbose attack sets the tone for a collection of wry and rambling songs powered by layers of Vile’s nimble guitar picking, which is in the running for warmest sound in the world.