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It's Hard to Be Alone
Rock · 2020 · 4 tracks · 11m

It's Hard to Be Alone

Barns Courtney

Four tracks of skeletal acoustic folk and raw, raspy vocals. A quiet, isolated departure from the artist's usual stomp-and-clap stadium anthems.

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It's Barns Courtney without the stadium noise - just a man, a guitar, and a lot of feelings.

A quiet, resonant meditation on loneliness and the search for belonging.

It's Hard to Be Alone · vs · Barns Courtney
Vulnerable+4.0σ

Vulnerable saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 11m
01
Hard to Be Alone
3:02
02
Missing You
2:36
03
Home
2:29
04
Dopamine
3:38
Moments Worth Waiting For
The audible intake of breath before the first line of the title track, signaling a shift from stadium rock to bedroom intimacy.
The way the acoustic guitar strings snap and rattle during the more forceful strumming sections of Home.
The stripped-back piano melody on Dopamine that replaces the usual synth-heavy production of his earlier work.
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