Kurt Vile’s music has always felt like something of a throwback, a classic singer-songwriter sensibility pervading the songs. It doesn’t harken to a specific era, exactly—it’s more like the music has been weathered and wised-up by time, giving it an aura of times past and lessons learned. Vile’s new album, the Philadelphia musician’s sixth, centers mainly on his graveled voice and acoustic guitar, stripping away everything that doesn’t lend to his emotionally direct delivery. Because of this, the songs are deeply intimate and raw, offered from his lips to your ears without any pretense or filter. Opener “Pretty Pimpin” is a dusttinged, folk-rock number, dipped in a hint of twang, and its rollicking melody sets the tone for what follows. Vile shifts the vibe throughout the album, lingering on poignant ballads like gentle acoustic number “That’s Life, tho (almost hate to say)” and piano-laced thinker “Life Like This.” There is a culmination of emotion midway through on “Stand Inside,” a sparse introspective track that resonates with more force than it initially emits. Vile isn’t changing his game or rapidly veering away from his prior material, but he’s slightly older, slightly sager and slightly more practiced, all of which is revealed in each note.