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Courtney Barnett's debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, is now streaming online ahead of its official release. It's really, really good. Listen below.
The album is officially out on 23 March, but eager fans can listen to it a week early courtesy of Soundcloud.
Its rambling, but insightful lyrics, which manage to inject heart and soul into the most mundane subject matters, are part of what makes this album such a triumph. Highlights include 'Pedestrian At Best', with its infinitely relateable refrain, "Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you", and 'Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party'.
Listen to Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit below
In an interview with The Guardian last week, Barnett said of her breakout hit 'Avant Gardener', "I was just trying to see the humour in it. I didn’t think it was catchy and I didn’t think other people would find funny what I thought was funny. It’s funny that it worked.”
As for the album, she admitted, "I get so scared talking about this new album because I feel like I don’t understand it yet. But it’s good. We did good."
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is officially released on 23 March. Barnett's upcoming UK and European tour dates are below. Tickets are on sale now. Buy them below.
March
23/03 - Album Launch Gallery Show, London
25/03 - Paris, The Divan Du Monde
27/03 - Brighton, Concorde 2
28/03 - Bristol, The Fleece
29/03 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
30/03 - Sheffield, Leadmill
31/03 - Newcastle, Newcastle University
April
02/04 - Glasgow, Art School
03/04 - Manchester, Gorilla
04/04 - Dublin, Whelans
05/04 - Nottingham, Bodega
07/04 - Cambridge, Junction 2
08/04 - Norwich, Waterfront
09/04 - London, Electric Ballroom
12/04 - Berlin, Heimathefen
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