COURTNEY BARNETT - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas 2xLP

Label: Mom + Pop

Two mini-albums stuck together to form an impressive debut from the Aussie songstress with the lazy hazy approach. Courtney Barnett was recently nominated for Song Of The Year in her native Australia, alongside Tame Impala, and her debut album easily explains why.

Ten years ago, Courtney Barnett went from an unknown guitarist in garage rock bands in Melbourne to a veritable festival headliner, one of our few rock gods left. How did that happen? You can consider her own personal Big Bang as The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, a collection of her first two solo releases that launched her from Australia to the world.

Brimming with shaggy, jangly, indie-rock fuzz and songs about wishing you stayed in bed while also worrying your life is passing you by (“Avant Gardner”), and tracks that feel like splatter run-on sentence poetry (“History Eraser”), it was the perfect introduction to all of Barnett’s charms.