Last time this writer spoke to Courtney Barnett, she dismissed her label’s claims that her third album, 2021’s Things Take Time, Take Time, marked the debut of “Courtney 2.0”, describing it as “just an extension of the same thing I’ve always been doing”. Seismic aesthetic shifts aren’t Barnett’s style; after happening upon her laconic, chugging mode with 2012 debut EP I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris, her vibe has been: “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.
Even the relative experimentation she undertook on Things Take Time… with Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa has been abandoned here in favour of her trad indie-rock setup. The title feels like an admission: that Barnett is the creature of habit, returning to the familiar.

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