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| 4.0 excellent | AmericanFlagAsh | March 23rd 15 |
I put you on a pedestal Courtney, and you didn't disappoint me.
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| 3.5 great | Daryl the Beryl | December 21st 15 |
Not at good as what the critics are saying about this album, but still a really good album.
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| 5.0 classic | Stephen Prager | September 16th 17 |
Under Barnett's messy stream-of-consciousness writing is some razor sharp wit. The album mines meaning out of the most unexpected minutiae without preaching in the slightest.
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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | November 9th 21 |
Aussie gal comin' in with strong indie rock tunes: it's a big yes! The garagey and lo-fi guitars mesh very well with the poppy sensibilities Barnett conveys with her voice, but the songs don't always benefit from a varied enough songwriting - ie there are very cool songs and some other songs that ain't bad but ain't really interesting either. There are more great songs than meh songs, phew!
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| 4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | July 12th 18 |
An indie rock, singer/songwriter effort that excels with excellent songwriting, track to track variation and refreshing clarity in the lyrics thanks to Barnett's very much to the point writing style. With each of Courtney's anecdotes it feels like there is something most of us could relate to and the entire album just has a very natural feel. Her lyricism really adds a lot to the experience. Courtney proves that she has a wide range with the rockin' and catchy 'Pedestrian at Best', a slowed down and all too real feeler in 'Depreston' and the more extended, jam in 'Kim's Caravan' where the instruments shine. Great melodies all around with production that just helps exemplify the clarity captured on this record. All of this directness just makes it an album that becomes addicting right from the first spin and allows for tons of replaying.
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| 5.0 classic | MrHarrison | September 25th 17 |
I originally had this at a 5, then I put it at a 4.5, but now it's going back to a 5 after I re-listened to it and remembered how fucking good it is. Last two tracks are so draining. In a good way! That second album can't come soon enough.
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| 3.0 good | SandwichBubble | June 8th 16 |
A few stellar tracks bogged down by downright boring ones. Definitely overrated, but still worth a listen.
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| 4.0 excellent | lz41 | January 24th 16 |
"Sometimes" is Barnett embracing what she does naturally and also deliberately breaking pop convention - choruses appear once and then disappear never to be seen again, rhyme structures change mid-verse and it's not until the hidden track on 'Boxing Day Blues' that her voice is anything you could call pretty. Her wit is finding the humour and identity in playing dumb, being cynical and procrastinating whilst being aware that the joke is always on you.
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| 2.5 average | TheManMachine | May 12th 15 |
I can enjoy me some logorrhea, and while her brand is impressive in a technical way, often the rambling within rests in the realm of wince-worthy rather than whimsical - any charisma is relinquished by it being constantly delivered oh-so-unflatteringly-flat. I can enjoy me some typical sorta-catchy garage-alt too - but the transparence and 6+minute dragger-efforts here can make it difficult.
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| 4.0 excellent | theBonerKing | April 24th 15 |
Pretty damn good until the last track kills the momentum and almost makes you forget how great the rest of it was. "Boxing Day Blues" just should not have been kept on the track listing. "Kim's Caravan" works so much better as a closing track, and if that were the end the album would still have 10 tracks and be 40 minutes, a totally appropriate album length. Nonetheless, you are missing out if you haven't checked this out yet.
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| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | January 4th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | gschwen | January 4th 22 |
| 1.5 very poor | Ryus | August 30th 21 |
| 3.0 good | fog CONTRIBUTOR | June 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | livduval | February 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | March 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | wg98 | January 11th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | peahat | December 18th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Illume | November 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Slowdiiv | September 12th 19 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | May 29th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Grzka | December 6th 18 |
| 3.5 great | A.R.O. STAFF | August 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bgreen5 | July 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Miguee7 | June 26th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Rail | May 26th 18 |
| 3.6 great | Atari STAFF | May 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juanpa | May 21st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | gijsr | May 20th 18 |
| 3.0 good | tom79 | May 12th 18 |
| 3.5 great | bharry | November 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | townseru | November 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | amchec | October 5th 17 |
| 3.0 good | ian b. | September 14th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Khattak | September 3rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luisito | July 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jan555 | July 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alexxx | June 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vlahka | May 8th 17 |
| 3.0 good | hep | January 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Keira | October 1st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | stakis | September 16th 16 |
| 2.5 average | ziroth | August 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanas | July 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | McJesus | June 28th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Smelty | June 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Robbit | June 8th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | April 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarkus | April 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | doqtor | March 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Zorg | January 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | scheim | December 24th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Project | December 21st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jordan M. EMERITUS | December 14th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Archael | December 14th 15 |
| 2.5 average | torts | December 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surette | December 2nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | matteok | November 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | memedfg | November 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | willzor | November 23rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | daFigz | November 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Guigss | November 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | November 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | October 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scutty | October 15th 15 |
| 3.5 great | hamid95 | September 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | XiuXiu | September 24th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Cyprus | September 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | iveau | August 26th 15 |
| 3.5 great | dlt10 | August 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | ewinden | August 5th 15 |
| 3.5 great | joitp | June 27th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | June 21st 15 |
| 3.6 great | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | May 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | spur55 | May 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | HugoG | May 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | vivapo | May 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mojito | April 22nd 15 |
| 4.3 superb | Irving EMERITUS | April 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | April 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aids | April 11th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | April 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | April 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | psandy | April 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | theyam | April 1st 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Brabiz | March 31st 15 |
| 2.5 average | Runeii | March 31st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | March 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | dan2309 | March 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | oahmed | March 29th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | March 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | pachaim | March 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | wwf | March 25th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Ditto | March 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Riviere | March 24th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Jade | March 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | ellagos | March 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowdy | March 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | March 2nd 15 |
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