Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

"Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit" was recorded over ten intense days at Head Gap Studios in Melbourne. The album brings Barnett's unique, incisive take on things into focus; her wit further sharpened, her melodies even more infectious and addictive than before. With her double EP "The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas", made available in Germany in the middle of last year, Courtney Barnett already convinced the critics of herself.

Depressing hires, dead foxes, relationships that lead to nowhere, hopeless suburbs, as well as her own fears, doubts and insecurities - nothing escapes Barnett's biting humor. The double EP had already announced a major new talent already announced. Her debut album, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, delivers on that promise and shows Courtney Barnett to be one of the most unique voices of this time. It's as simple as that.

Reviews

"Almost too good to be true: The Australian writes songs as if the past 20 years hadn't happened." (Rolling Stone, March 2015)

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