Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time – VINYL LP

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When Courtney Barnett takes a solo in the last half of “Turning Green,” it evokes the two-note grubbiness of guitarist Pete Shelley’s work on the Buzzcocks’ “Boredom.” Barnett’s songs depend on moments when she trusts her instrument to become more than an extension of herself: Her guitar work functions as a pungent second voice, more demonstrative than the Daria-style talk-sing in which she’s most comfortable. Things Take Time, Take Time doesn’t have enough of these moments. Wedded to the percussion-and-singer-plus-accompanist format, Barnett sounds marooned. It’s her least interesting album.

A1 Rae Street
A2 Sunfair Sundown
A3 Here’s The Thing
A4 Before You Gotta Go
A5 Turning Green
B1 Take It Day By Day
B2 If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight
B3 Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To
B4 Splendour
B5 Oh The Night