Comprised of previously released EPs and previously released as an album overseas before finally receiving a stateside street date from Mom + Pop records in 2014, “A Sea of Split Peas” it’s the kind of album that withstands endlessly repeated listens, it doesn’t much matter. Serving as Australian Courtney Barnett’s debut,
A Sea Of Split Peas introduces the world to the (s)lackadaisical troubadour’s unforgettable steez: droll and dreamy, with the perfectly worn feel of your favorite hoodie. Courtney Barnett plays guitar and sings, and the shrug with which she delivers her wry observations obscures how incisive they can be. “I’m having trouble breathing in,” she frets, ostensibly about an asthma attack, on “Avant Gardner,” a rolling, note-perfect rock song wherein a well-intentioned day in the yard becomes a metaphor for just trying to get by in the world. Such gems abound on Peas, sprouting like the vegetables Barnett so earnestly wishes she could grow. Courtney Barnett is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Melbourne. Known for her witty, rambling lyrics and deadpan singing style,
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