“Her proper debut LP, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit is one of 2015’s most anticipated indie releases” – Rolling Stone / “Clearly on the verge of stardom” – Nylon / “Courtney Barnett will be around awhile….a live performer of grace and power” – Pitchfork / “Barnett stands apart as one of the finest young singer – songwriters in the game right now” – Grantland / “Shows off a mind that’s racing at a hundred miles an hour” – NME / “Great things to come” – Stereogum / “An impressive songwriting talent” – Uncut
After having what can only be described as a truly amazing breakthrough year in 2014, Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett is today incredibly excited to announce details for the release of her highly-anticipated debut album entitled Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit. The first single to be lifted from the album is ‘Pedestrian At Best’ which received its worldwide radio premiere via Zane Lowe on BBC1 this morning.
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Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit will be released in New Zealand on Friday 20th March 2015 via Milk! Records / Remote Control records and proudly distributed by Rhythmethod. Recorded in the autumn of 2014 in an intense 10 day session at Head Gap studios in Melbourne, the album finally brings Barnett’s pithily acute and stingingly incisive vision into stark, unflinching focus, her wit sharpened to a knife edge, her melodies more infectious and addictive than ever.
Following up from the critically lauded The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas in 2013 (which, as the title suggests, collected her first two self-released EPs to beguiling effect), her debut LP cements Barnett’s standing as one of the most distinctive voices in indie rock, mixing witty, often hilarious observations with devastating self-assessment over a beguiling collection of songs that reveals her as an ambitious songwriter with an ear for clever turns of phrase and an eye for story-song details that are literate without being pretentious.
On first single, ‘Pedestrian At Best‘, Barnett turns the microscope’s glare on herself, as she lets loose an internal monologue crammed with twisting rhymes, inside jokes and self-deprecation while she muses on the fleeting nature of fame and what may or may not come after (“I must confess I’ve made a mess of what should be a small success, but I digress. At least I tried my very best… I guess”).
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is available for pre-order today digitally via iTunes and physically on Deluxe White Double Gatefold Vinyl, Single LP Regular Black Vinyl and CD via www.courtneybarnett.com.au.Courtney Barnett recently played Auckland, New Zealand as a part of the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival. “I seriously wish Courtney Barnett was my best friend. The Australian singer-songwriter was effortlessly cool as she rocked out on the Hey Seuss stage” – NZ Herald“Australian rocker Country Barnett more than held her own…she gave a masterclass on what a rock and roll show should look and sound like. She and her band whipped through a 40-minute set that featured several tunes from her upcoming debut album including the soon-to-be released single Pedestrian At Best.” – 13th Floor“Among all the glitch-pop, synth rock and electro, it’s always great to have some stonking good old rock’n’roll. Thank you for Courtney Barnett. She’s got songs that remind me of beer-soaked bars and romances that didn’t quite work out.” – thewireless
Following up from the critically lauded The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas in 2013 (which, as the title suggests, collected her first two self-released EPs to beguiling effect), her debut LP cements Barnett’s standing as one of the most distinctive voices in indie rock, mixing witty, often hilarious observations with devastating self-assessment over a beguiling collection of songs that reveals her as an ambitious songwriter with an ear for clever turns of phrase and an eye for story-song details that are literate without being pretentious.
On first single, ‘Pedestrian At Best‘, Barnett turns the microscope’s glare on herself, as she lets loose an internal monologue crammed with twisting rhymes, inside jokes and self-deprecation while she muses on the fleeting nature of fame and what may or may not come after (“I must confess I’ve made a mess of what should be a small success, but I digress. At least I tried my very best… I guess”).
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is available for pre-order today digitally via iTunes and physically on Deluxe White Double Gatefold Vinyl, Single LP Regular Black Vinyl and CD via www.courtneybarnett.com.au.Courtney Barnett recently played Auckland, New Zealand as a part of the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival. “I seriously wish Courtney Barnett was my best friend. The Australian singer-songwriter was effortlessly cool as she rocked out on the Hey Seuss stage” – NZ Herald“Australian rocker Country Barnett more than held her own…she gave a masterclass on what a rock and roll show should look and sound like. She and her band whipped through a 40-minute set that featured several tunes from her upcoming debut album including the soon-to-be released single Pedestrian At Best.” – 13th Floor“Among all the glitch-pop, synth rock and electro, it’s always great to have some stonking good old rock’n’roll. Thank you for Courtney Barnett. She’s got songs that remind me of beer-soaked bars and romances that didn’t quite work out.” – thewireless
SOMETIMES I SIT AND THINK, AND SOMETIMES I JUST SIT
TRACKLISTING
1. Elevator Operator
2. Pedestrian At Best
3. An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in New York)
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
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is released on Friday 20th March 2015 via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records and proudly distributed in New Zealand by Rhythmethod
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