Courtney Barnett (born 1987) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. Known for her deadpan singing style and witty, rambling lyrics. The music video below of today’s featured track Avant Gardener is one of the most edgy and amusing I’ve seen, plus I love Tennis. Who’s watching Wimbledon? Combine all that with fantastic lyrics ala (“The paramedic thinks I’m clever ’cause I play guitar, I think she’s clever cause she stops people dying“) and an enticing Subterranean Homesick Blues type of rhythm and playfulness; then you have something special. Great songwriting. I wonder if the New Zealand band The Beths were partly inspired by her.
[Verse 1]
I sleep in late, another day
Oh, what a wonder, oh, what a waste
It’s a Monday, it’s so mundane
What exciting things will happen today?
The yard is full of hard rubbish, it’s a mess and
I guess the neighbours must think we run a meth lab
We should amend that,I pull the sheets back
It’s forty degrees and I feel like I’m dying
Life’s getting hard in here so I do some gardening
Anything to take my mind away from where it’s supposed to be
The nice lady next door talks of green beds
And all the nice things that she wants to plant in them
I wanna grow tomatoes on the front steps
Sunflowers, bean sprouts, sweet corn and radishes
I feel proactive, I pull out weeds
All of a sudden, I’m having trouble breathing in
[Chorus]
I’m having trouble breathing in
I’m having trouble breathing in
I’m having trouble breathing in
The following is taken from the wikipedia article below:
International interest came with the release of her EP The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas in 2013 in which Avant Gardener was the lead single. While pursuing a music career, she worked as a pizza delivery driver. Barnett was nominated in eight categories at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 and won four trophies: Breakthrough Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art for Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. On 21 May 2016, she was the musical guest on the season finale of Saturday Night Live’s 41st season.
Reference:
1. Courtney Barnett – Wikipedia
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Courtney Barnett is great. She always writes such clever, relatable lyrics.
Super, that you are familiar with her music. I need to listen to more of it.