| It's a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) | |
| Type: | ep |
| Artist: | Kurt Vile and the Violators |
| Cover: | Itsabigworldoutthere.jpg |
| Released: | November 13, 2013 |
| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Length: | 29:33 |
| Label: | Matador |
| Producer: | Kurt Vile & the Violators, Rob Laakso & John Agnello |
| Prev Title: | Wakin on a Pretty Daze |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | b'lieve I'm goin down... |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
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).
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]
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]."