Courtney Barnett announces new album Things Take Time, Take Time out Friday 12th November via Milk! Records
Shares new single & video for ‘Rae Street’
Today, as she commences her Aotearoa wide tour, Courtney Barnett announces her third studio album Things Take Time, Take Time. Set to drop November 12th on Milk! Records, the album is a finely woven collage of snapshots recorded at a time of creative renewal and deeper understanding for Barnett. The work signals an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers and it sees her consolidating her place in the storied global lineage of ground-breaking and influential female singer-songwriters.
Over the course of her discography to date, Barnett has made it her mission to record and bear witness to the minutiae and idiosyncrasies of life in all their awkward yet poignant glory. She has a catalogue of songs that are both acutely personal and so beautifully sketched that they can’t help but resonate deeply with the listener. This brings us to her third album.
Things Take Time, Take Time was written over two years and recorded towards the end of 2020 and early 2021 in Sydney, Northern NSW and Melbourne with musical kindred-spirit producer/drummer Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Cate le Bon, Kurt Vile). Things Take Time, Take Time is yet another assured leap forward for Barnett; a breakthrough really, but not in the ways you might expect. This is Barnett at her most creative, adventurous – an exquisite look at Courtney’s private world, and consequently her most beautiful and intimate record to date, with songs dealing unabashedly with love, patience, healing and self-discovery.
Album opener (and first single) ‘Rae Street’ sets the tone, a stirring, mid-tempo essay which details the everyday life of a small community while juxtaposing it against break-neck speed of modern society, particularly with the memorable chorus of “time is money; and money is no man’s friend”. In Barnett’s hands, the plaintive lyrics become intensely, strikingly alive, a work of astonishing lyricism that uses quiet actions and observations to pry open the way in which the human need to connect is often lost amidst the white noise.
Things Take Time, Take Time is a stunning, shining glimpse into Courtney 2.0 – no less droll and sharply observant, but more rhythmic, detailed, and effusive with it. This is Courtney’s world – full of the strangeness, busyness and undeniable warmth of life – and you will definitely want to spend some time in it.
Pre-order / Pre-save Things Take Time, Take Time via https://courtney-barnett.ffm.
WATCH: Courtney Barnett – ‘Rae Street’
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Music and Lyrics by Courtney Barnett Rae Street Lyrics:
In the morning I’m slow. I drag a chair over to the window. And I watch what’s going on. A garbage truck tiptoes along the road. Light a candle for the suffering. Send my best wishes with the wind. All our candles, hopes n prayers, though well-meaning they don’t mean a thing, unless we see some change. I might change my sheets today.
Well time is money and money is no man’s friend. And all eyes on the pavement, I’m not gonna touch ya don’t worry so much about it.
The day begins to shine. The parent teaches the child how to ride the bike wobbles side to side. Two dogs entangle, everybody smiles. The pair across the street; one’s up the ladder and one’s on their knees, painting the faded brick. What’s the point, it looks fine from up here.
Well time is money and money is no man’s friend. And all eyes on the pavement, I’m not gonna touch ya don’t worry so much about it. I’m just waiting for the day to become night.
Next door the kids run amok. The mother screams “don’t you ever shut-up?” And there’s one thing I know; the sun will rise today and tomorrow. We got a long, long way to go.
Well time is money and money is no man’s friend. And all eyes on the pavement, I’m not gonna touch ya don’t worry so much about it. I’m just waiting for the day to become night.
Shine those shoes n mow those lawns, let’s get back to normal. Lay it all on the table, you seem so stable, but you’re just hanging on. Let go that expectation, change the station, find out what out what you want.
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Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time
1. Rae Street
2. Sunfair Sundown
3. Here’s the Thing
4. Before You Gotta Go
5. Turning Green
6. Take it Day By Day
7. If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight
8. Write a List of Things to Look Forward To
9. Splendour
10. Oh the Night
Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time
is released Friday 12th November
via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records.
AOTEAROA TOUR DATES:
Thursday 8 July – Cabana, Napier* (SOLD OUT)
Friday 9 July – San Fran, Wellington (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday 14 July – The Boathouse, Nelson (SOLD OUT)
Friday 16 July – Blue Smoke, Christchurch (SOLD OUT)
Saturday 17 July – Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin** (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 18 July – Sherwood Hotel, Queenstown (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday 21 July – Leigh Sawmill, Leigh (SOLD OUT)
Thursday 22 July – Totara St, Tauranga
Friday 23 July – Clarence St. Theatre, Hamilton**
Saturday 24 July – Raglan Club, Raglan (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 25 July – Auckland Town Hall, Auckland
presented as part of Elemental Festival
*16+ with parent or legal guardian
**All ages
TICKETS VIA COURTNEYBARNETT.COM.AU
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