Photo: Wenn
Courtney Barnett made her Pyramid Stage debut with an scorching set in the early afternoon sun today (Saturday 27 June).
"Are you OK?" she smiled through her dry Australian drawl. "Did you have a big night last night?" The mixture of whoops and murmurs from the decent-sized crowd swaying in the baking sunshine suggests so - but Barnett proved to be the perfect hangover cure.
Opening with 'Elevator Operator', the ever-rising Aussie singer-songwriter charmed the blear-eyed main stage goers with a set of breezy cuts from her Sea Of Split Peas double EP and her astounding 2015 debut album, Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit. Clearly in high spirits, her laissez faire charisma, the free and easy mood of her tracks and the wit therein landed well with the filling field - winning over more than a few new fans in passers by.
Considering she was playing on one of the most iconic stages on the planet, Barnett easily flowed through proceedings as if she'd merely invited us into her yard.
The greatest responses are saved for the twisted charisma of the searing 'Avant Gardner', hangove anthem 'History Eraser' and set closer of the sharp-edged 'Pedestrian At Best', but the truth is that it's a was marvellous hour of a consistent flow. Barnett left the stage with simple 'goodbye' and a wave after clawing at her guitar as feedback rang out from the floor. She makes summer all the more brighter, and we can't wait for her return.
Watch Courtney Barnett perform 'Dead Fox' for Gigwise below
Glastonbury 2015 continues today with sets from Burt Bacharach, Years & Years, Thee Maccabees, Death From Above 1979, Jessie Ware, Pharrell Williams, Suede, Kanye West and many more.
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