“It’s a Monday. It’s so mundane. What exciting things will happen today?”
The cryogenic freezing chamber will unfreeze yet another ’60s psychedelic-folk rocker into this decade. Sources confirm the Aussie will be peeing until her second EP How to carve a carrot into a rose drops in late August. Courtney Barnett released her first EP I’ve got a friend called Emily Ferris in early 2012 to critical acclaim and is following up with things that worked: anaphylactic nightmares, broken string solos, and being a goofball.
In “Avant Gardener,” Barnett speak-sings of a Monday full of ambition. Rolling out of bed late leads to weeding the yard because:
“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 ammend that”
Weeding leads to wheezing, which leads to calling an ambulance…
“The paramedic thinks I’m clever cos i play guitar / I think she’s clever cos she stops people dying”
Better get an inhaler…
“I take a hit from an asthma puffer/ I do it wrong / I was never good at smoking bongs / I’m not that good at breathing in”
Two steps forward, one step back…
“Should’ve stayed in bed today / I much prefer the mundane.”
Barnett is at ease. Her poetry is a glass wall to her personality – open, quirky, and goofy. “Avant Gardener” complements a more upbeat “History Eraser” on the new record, which is due in a heartbeat.
Courtney Barnett & The Courtney Barnetts (Bones, Al, and Dave) just finished touring through Australia and just like me, are quite pleased with the outcome of the freezing process.