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"Should've stayed in bed today / I much prefer the mundane," Courtney Barnett sings near the end of "Avant Gardener." Considering the song's winding and darkly comedic first-person account of an anaphylactic anxiety attack that finds her in an ambulance after attempting some gardening, the line is the understatement of the year. But Barnett's signature song -- with its fantastic "I'm so over it" deadpan delivery -- does sort of stand in as the modus operandi of The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas -- the Melbourne, Australia songwriter's self-released 2013 collection, now set to be reissued in the U.S. in April.
Amid a swirling fury of frayed-wire guitar distortion and a rambling backbeat, Barnett speak-sings fleeting thoughts about failed relationships, boredom, and youthful directionless in exacting detail and shrugging nonchalance. Whether these detached matter-of-fact observations are real-life tales or adopted persona -- or likely, both -- it's this kind of concise, of-the-moment songwriting that makes Barnett such a sharp and potent young talent.
Watch Courtney Barnett and her band perform "Avant Gardener" live in the Soundcheck studio.
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