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Just when we thought we got all we can from Courtney Barnett in 2018, a previously unreleased track, "Small Talk," is out from her  Tell Me How You Really Feel   sessions, taking  a step back into her narrative song writing previously seen in Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit  .  Tell Me How You Really Feel  was a very introspective and explicative collection of Barnett's innermost feelings of marginalization, depression, relationships and exhaustion, that saw her narrative-based song writing turn into a more direct approach to her themes. While "Small Talk" is an impressive song (reasons we'll get to later) its narrative structure does not necessarily align with  Tell Me How You Really Feel' s direct approach  to her feelings.  It is more akin to her debut album,  Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit,  although the instrumentals do show a resemblance, which is probably why it had been ...

Courtney Barnett, the leader of the new school of rock, is back! Okay okay, so she had collaborated with Kurt Vile  on Lotta Sea Lice   in 2017, but this is purely Courtney Barnett as her upcoming album, which "Nameless, Faceless" is featured on, Tell Me How You Really Feel , is due to release on May 18th of this year, and that is super exciting. Barnett's, previous album Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit , was freaking sweet. Her ability to combine the singer-songwriter thing with core rock elements, to create jams with intricate and narrative-style lyrics that explored complex and worldly themes like cognitive dissonance or feeling unfulfilled were intertwined in stories like, a person wanting to be an elevator operator. The album was something unique in a boring phase of rock music, but was still able to be wildly entertaining, which is a pretty good mix if you ask me. However, it seems all the tricks up Courtney Barnett's sleeve have yet to be ...