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
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!
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
nice song by song rundown https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/courtney-barnett-and-kurt-vile-break-down-every-song-on-their-album-lotta-sea-lice/
― flappy bird, Thursday, 19 October 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
such a nice record
― niels, Sunday, 26 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5a84e96c73301b2d13c13d2d/master/pass/courtney-barnett-album-art.jpg
Tell Me How You Really Feel - May 18, 2018
01 Hopefulessness02 City Looks Pretty03 Charity04 Need a Little Time05 Nameless, Faceless06 I’m Not Your Mother, I’m Not Your Bitch07 Crippling Self Doubt and a General Lack of Self-Confidence08 Help Your Self09 Walkin’ on Eggshells10 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
The Courtney/Kurt album is dope as hell. I think it's the best thing either artist has put out so far and I really hope they do another one.
― billstevejim, Friday, 16 February 2018 08:36 (six years ago) link
Just reading this thread and seeing how so few people enjoyed it really bums me out.
― billstevejim, Friday, 16 February 2018 08:37 (six years ago) link
my fave from both as well, great little record
― niels, Friday, 16 February 2018 09:18 (six years ago) link
yeah I liked it, the halfassed goofiness is a big part of its charm for me
― sleeve, Friday, 16 February 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link
It really grew on me. At first I thought it was "blah" as well, but it kept making me go back to it until I discovered its charms. I find Courtney's work isn't always immediate and worth the little effort to connect with it.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 16 February 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link
She actually wrote a melody for change didn't she.
― nostormo, Friday, 16 February 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
damn dude
― flappy bird, Friday, 16 February 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
Depreston?????????
new song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TISIPNpRuoY
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 March 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link