LYSSNA: Courtney Barnett – ”Pedestrian At Best”

Första låten från Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.

Den australiensiska singer-songwritern Courtney Barnett debuterade 2013 med The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, där garagerock och folkpop förenades med Barnetts speciella, träffsäkra låttexter som röd tråd. Nu tillkännager hon singeln Pedestrian At Best, tagen från hennes första riktiga album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit som ges ut 24 mars.

Pedestrian At Best är det mest grungeliknande Barnett gjort hittills och för snarare tankarna till Parquet Courts än till Angel Olsen. Till viss del påminner den om debutens briljanta singel Avant Gardener, med samma typ av stream of consciousness-sång och repetitiva struktur. Till DIY berättar hon om låten: ”I showed the riff to the band and we kind of jammed on it; but I couldn’t think of a melody, or a chorus, or any lyrics at all […] When we recorded it I just set down a structure, and wrote the lyrics later that night, to the music. It’s how I did [EP single] ‘Avant Gardener’ too, and a few other times. it feels like you’re working on a song that’s already been written. You have the luxury to sing over the top of it. It’s kind of fun to do it that way.”

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit:
1. Elevator Operator
2. Pedestrian at Best
3. An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in NY)
4. Small Poppies
5. Depreston
6. Aqua Profunda!
7. Dead Fox
8. Nobody Really Cares if You Don’t Go to the Party
9. Debbie Downer
10. Kim’s Caravan
11. Boxing Day Blues