The double EP - a sea of split peas

"Musikalsk lægger Courtney Barnett sig i slipstrømmen af folk og bands som Steven Malkmus og The Dandy Warhols. Sidstnævnte burde klart lytte Barnetts fremragende History Eraser og lade sig inspirere til at skrive fede, stenede numre igen. Albummet, der er en samling af to ep'er fra 2013, mister lidt momentum på anden halvdel af albummet, hvor tempoet falder, og melodierne ikke er helt så skarpe. Der er dog stadig fine ting som friske Scotty Says, og det er svært ikke at være spændt på det egentlige debutalbum fra Courtney Barnett".

"The 12 songs in this collection are often wordy, articulate, and dazzlingly witty, but they're always down-to-earth; Barnett comes across like a slightly less urbane Jens Lekman, or Eleanor Friedberger if her songs took place not in bustling cities but in small, sleepy towns. "It's a Monday, it's so mundane," Barnett sighs in a hilarious deadpan on Split Peas' best song, "Avant Gardener". "What exciting things will happen today? "The irony, though, is that the song soon becomes quite exciting. Barnett has a gift for turning mundane scenarios into gripping stories-she animates each one with genial asides and jokey tangents, like she's recounting it for you at the pub later that night".

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