Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
Courtney and Kurt. Kurt and
Courtney. Two spirits could not be more kindred. On Lotta Sea Lice they compliment each other perfectly. The
space in their music, the wide expanses, simply allow you to breathe. It takes
you away from that tightness in your chest that you feel when you read the news
or worry about paying the bills. Music like this makes you remember that you
are allowed to escape. You don’t have to be permanently on alert, in a state of
perpetual stress. This album is an antidote to the bullshit. Song writers have
issues – “what comes first, the chorus or the verse?” questions Kurt on ??? The
world’s issues are important but we sometimes need to enter a different mind
zone. We can’t save the world and right the wrongs by ourselves, overnight. We
need to remember the simple things that we take for granted, like the trees,
the ocean, memories of childhood, remembering that we ar allowed to have fun
and laugh about nothing in particular. The “woo hoo” on the track Blue Cheese is beautiful and joyous, one
of my favourite lyrical moments of the year.
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