Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Rock · 2015 · 11 tracks · 43m

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett

Witty, deadpan storytelling delivered over gritty fingerstyle guitar. It feels like a long, rambling conversation with a friend who notices everything you miss.

March 15, 2015 · Mom + Pop

A restless, witty, and deeply observant exploration of the extraordinary within the ordinary.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 43m

01

Elevator Operator

3:15

02

Pedestrian at Best

3:51

03

An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in New York)

3:11

04

Small Poppies

7:00

05

Depreston

4:53

06

Aqua Profunda!

2:00

07

Dead Fox

3:33

08

Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party

2:46

09

Debbie Downer

3:18

10

Kim’s Caravan

6:47

11

Boxing Day Blues

3:02

Moments Worth Listening For

the frantic, breathless delivery of the chorus in Pedestrian at Best that feels like a panic attack in real-time

the slow, feedback-drenched guitar build-up in Kim's Caravan that eventually collapses into a heavy, sludge-like groove

the quiet, devastating realization in Depreston when the mundane details of a house tour turn into a meditation on mortality

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Where This Album Departs

How does Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit sound next to the rest of Courtney Barnett's catalogue?

Coffee Shop+1.5σ

Coffee Shop saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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