Throughout 2017, New West Records is proud to be reissuing Vic Chesnutt’s albums from the Texas Hotel years, along with his New West Records albums, all on exclusive heavyweight 180g colored vinyl. Each of these albums is painstakingly remastered from original source material, and come in colored editions not available anywhere else!
James Victor “Vic” Chesnutt (November 12, 1964 – December 25, 2009) Singer songwriter from Athens Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990, but his breakthrough to commercial success didn’t come until 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II , which was a charity record of alternative artists covering his songs.
Chesnutt released 17 albums during his career, including two produced by Micheal Stipe Of R.E.M and a 1996 release on “About To Choke” . His musical style has been described as a “skewed, refracted version of Americana that is haunting, funny, poignant, and occasionally mystical, usually all at once”.Injuries from a 1983 car accident left him partially paralyzed; he used a wheelchair and had limited use of his hands. Kristen Hersh wrote a book entitled, Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt, which was released on October 1st, 2015
Little, produced by Michael Stipe (January 2017)
Drunk (February 2017)
Is The Actor Happy? (March 2017)
MYSTERY RELEASE (April 2017)
Silver Lake (May 2017)
Ghetto Bells (June 2017)
MYSTERY RELEASE (Late 2017)
We’re so excited to finally put these phenomenal Vic Chesnutt vinyl releases out into the world. Thank you for being a part of it.
The Fat Angel Sings 