Courtney Barnett, I like her

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depreston destroys me, what a song

Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 4 September 2017 04:37 (six years ago) link

oh man i've been playing that one a lot the past couple days. an instant classic, and only two chords. imagine the feeling of writing a song like that - it has an elemental simplicity & elusive power

glad this wasn't a bump for her new record with Kurt Vile. not really psyched on the single

flappy bird, Monday, 4 September 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link

cheers flappy

Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 4 September 2017 07:46 (six years ago) link

That nee Kurt Vile/ Courtney song is great wtf

If you like Vile's music that is.

nostormo, Monday, 4 September 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link

New

nostormo, Monday, 4 September 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link

I didn't really like the new single either, and I like Kurt Vile. But then again, I don't really like Barnett's music much, and I much prefer Vile's earlier music, so perhaps I just don't like new things

Karl Malone, Monday, 4 September 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link

Lol

nostormo, Monday, 4 September 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link

I'm not a Vile fan either, despite his associations with things I love (The Best Show with Tom Scharpling, and now Courtney), and this song bores me in exactly the same way that everything else I've heard from him does. But if this is the only new Courtney Barnett music I'm going to get for now, I'll check the album out.

the general theme of STUFF (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 September 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link

Interesting, i feel exactly the same thing but replace Courtney with Kurt in your comment

nostormo, Monday, 4 September 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link

yeah I find KV incredibly boring but will listen to the record bc of CB

flappy bird, Monday, 4 September 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link

he was OK on that hope sandoval track, but hope didn't really need it

Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 4 September 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link

Interesting, i feel exactly the same thing but replace Courtney with Kurt in your comment

― nostormo, Monday, September 4, 2017 3:30 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha, this really is a perfect pairing for a collaboration: two artists that are fairly traditional & boring on paper, but the quality of the songs transcends it. Equally applicable to KV & CB depending on who you are.

flappy bird, Monday, 4 September 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link

three weeks pass...

wow this new song & video are really lovely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHCtH15dpmU

flappy bird, Thursday, 28 September 2017 05:53 (six years ago) link

this is the sort of shit that would really annoy me and then make me eventually leave early while i tried to enjoy an overpriced coffee.

jamiesummerz, Thursday, 28 September 2017 07:38 (six years ago) link

it's a thin line. something about that circular guitar motif running throughout the song just hits the spot. verses are really nice too, song has a sweet vibe, obv I prefer Courtney's singing & lyrics but Kurt is tolerable on here.

also lol didn't make the Kurt & Courtney connection re: this whole record until Courtney held up that DVD

flappy bird, Thursday, 28 September 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link

i like it!

Kurt is vv good i think though I'm more a Courtney Barnett fan at this point.

nomar, Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link

this shit was vile

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link

loved it

Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link

the video is so sweet too! again, a thin line, but it made me :)

flappy bird, Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link

these are the kinds of songs i wish kurdt still wrote for his solo releases

Rael Estate (diamonddave85), Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link

couldn't make it through the vid sorry

marcos, Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link

actually, I thought the link was this terrible thing. My apologies.

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link

there were a couple kurt vile tunes i dug from a few years back but that's about as deep as i can go. his hair is beautiful though and i wish i had it

courtney barnett's music is brutally bad

marcos, Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link

xp yeah Alfred I was not into that first single at all. this new one really won me over, psyched for the album now

flappy bird, Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link

have heard very little Kurt Vile before these two songs & his singing on the verses reminds me a lot of Daniel Johnston

flappy bird, Friday, 29 September 2017 05:40 (six years ago) link

good but i can't help thinking it'd be better as just a KV song.

I think CB is okay-to-good but I expect her to only get better, maybe as she sheds the idea that she's some kind of lyrical observational savant

rip van wanko, Friday, 29 September 2017 06:55 (six years ago) link

Nice tune

nostormo, Friday, 29 September 2017 07:58 (six years ago) link

A dream couple, somehow this is a proof that 1+1>2.

Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 29 September 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link

Over Everything is like a David Kilgour song with guest vocals by James Yorkston and, uh, Courtney Barnett

erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 30 September 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link

it's really great!

erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 30 September 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link

Yeah, this is good stuff

Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 30 September 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link

Been listening to 'Continental Breakfast' a lot every day since it came out, such a wonderful song. I'll be really happy if there are 2-3 more songs as good as this on the record.

flappy bird, Saturday, 7 October 2017 01:15 (six years ago) link

this album, i like it

Flogging Mommy (diamonddave85), Friday, 13 October 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link

love love the peepin' tom cover

Flogging Mommy (diamonddave85), Friday, 13 October 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link

I'm on the fence, Vile's voice isn't my favorite. But the closer, a cover of Belly's "Untogether", is brilliant.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 13 October 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link

ohhh i really like that one too! didn't know it was a cover

Flogging Mommy (diamonddave85), Friday, 13 October 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link

no way, they cover untogether?

erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 13 October 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link

a Belly cover has done more to pique my interest than anything with Kurt Vile's name attached to it ever would

boxedjoy, Saturday, 14 October 2017 08:55 (six years ago) link

I heard Courtney and Kurt recorded a cover of each others songs, anyone have the details?

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 04:32 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

such a nice record

niels, Sunday, 26 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link

two months pass...

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5a84e96c73301b2d13c13d2d/master/pass/courtney-barnett-album-art.jpg

Tell Me How You Really Feel - May 18, 2018

01 Hopefulessness
02 City Looks Pretty
03 Charity
04 Need a Little Time
05 Nameless, Faceless
06 I’m Not Your Mother, I’m Not Your Bitch
07 Crippling Self Doubt and a General Lack of Self-Confidence
08 Help Your Self
09 Walkin’ on Eggshells
10 Sunday Roast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZZSYDhx0FI

flappy bird, Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link

Courtney Barnett, i like her. Moreso than Curdt Fyle, but they complemented each other well.

Moo Vaughn, Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link

Courtney Barnett, i like your new song.

flappy bird, Thursday, 15 February 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link

Chorus is a play on Atwood "Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them"

kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 15 February 2018 18:53 (six years ago) link

kinda liz phairy

clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Thursday, 15 February 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link

the Kurt and Courtney record really disappointed me considering how much I enjoy each artist's solo work, it was just more half-assed goofiness than even they could get away with. hoping Barnett's new one is a return to form.

evol j, Thursday, 15 February 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link

I had forgotten how much goodwill I had towards her - the debut was disappointing and the collab was not for me - but this is markedly better

boxedjoy, Thursday, 15 February 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link

yea maybe it was the point but I thought the CB and KV record sounded so blah

clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Friday, 16 February 2018 03:19 (six years ago) link

I’m of the irony of posting negatively about a Courtney Barnett song that is about people who write negatively about Courtney Barnett songs. But I’ll go ahead. This one’s not doing much for me. A little bland. I like her a lot but I think she’s at her best when she’s writing narratively (Avant Gardener, Depreston, Sleepless in NY), and I’m hoping there’s more songs like those on the new record. This one feels a little bit like Pedestrian at Best Part Two, except this time it’s against internet trolls rather than the media.

Besides, Lily Allen already wrote the ultimate anti-troll tune with the underrated URL Badman.

triggercut, Friday, 16 February 2018 07:33 (six years ago) link


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