TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL | COURTNEY BARNETT

11.24.18: I feel this is as potent as Liz Phair’s ‘93s Exile In Guyville. Not to compare gals to gals but there are definitely points where I am reminded of all those perfect Guyville hooks.

Often, when I listen to a record then check it’s reviews, I’ll find an artist’s earlier release that has higher ratings. That is the case with this album and Barnett’s ‘15 release Sometimes I sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit. Sorry Allmusic, but this is clearly a better record in every way.

Laura Snapes @ Pitchfork: The most Courtney Barnett line on Courtney Barnett’s second album is a quote from an online troll. “He said, ‘I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and spit out better words than you,’” she recalls, on “Nameless Faceless,”. . .