The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas

Australian's original artist Courtney Barnett is a success story with features coming from this double EP feature. Nominated for a grammy, years ago. I love seeing a female rise among the masculine world. Like seeing a blade of grass or a flower on a sidewalk, peaking thru the hard shell of the music industry.Featured with Kurt Vile, she does a twist commonly scene in the music industry; cooperation. Both her and Vile create a tune you can't yet distinguish, though you've become familiar with their dynamic duo work.My favorite tune on this track Avant Gardner.I hope you enjoy this EP as much as I did !

"Avant Gardener" was my first Courtney Barnett experience, listening to MN Public Radio, at work. It took me fifteen seconds to stop welding, drop everything, run to the stereo & turn the volume all the way up. Completely mesmerized by the sound, later that night I preordered the album.Clever lyrics & melodies pleasantly stick in your head after the very first listen. Guitars, keys, bass, percussion & lyrics are woven seamlessly together with rock & roll perfection. The melodies, warbling with tremolo, vibrato, phase shifting & reverb, are driven by guitar work tastefully colored with fuzz & tube overdrive."The Double Ep: A Sea of Split Peas" is a real treat. Find it on your favorite streaming audio website & give it a listen.

Probably the first new artist that I enjoyed from the first time I heard her.Is she over hyped? I don't know. I don't care. Found her on Spotify and took a chance.A Sea of Split Peas is good. Can't speak for anyone else but she kind of reminds me of early Liz Phair.So if you like Liz Phair and/or The Breeders then I suggest you take a listen and decide for yourself.I really like Ms. Barnett.

My husband found Courtney Barnett a few months ago on an internet radio. My wonderful husband doesn't always have the best taste in music so I resisted his efforts to listen to this album for several weeks. Finally I broke down and added it to my iTunes library. Holy crap, I feel bad that I didn't listen earlier. This album is wise beyond it's years, the lyrics are interesting, funny and heartfelt. The music is simple with lots of depth and very strong. It is the perfect anti-folk, indie type of album. Her singing and deadpan delivery reminds you of Bob Dylan, but her Australian accent takes it to the next level, oh her accent is just wonderful. There is so much variety to this album. I love all the songs, my personal favorites are Avant Gardener, History Eraser, Out of the Woodwork, Scotty Says and Ode to Odetta. The lyric from History Eraser "in my brain I rearrange the letters on the page to spell your name" captures the mind of a young women with a crush so wonderfully. So for my husband's birthday I got this album on vinyl. The album sounds fantastic and the packaging is great. I have nothing negative to say here, Courtney Barnett is my favorite musical discovery I have made in years. This is a instant buy for any music fan.

A perfect record! Beautifully produced double album and these are just her first EP’s! Fantastic sleeve design.

Yeah, there's a lot of hype behind her, and you can pigeon hole it as typical slacker indie rock, but good lord, this is GOOD music. It rocks, the lyrics are clever, and idiosyncratic, the Melbourne accent is only charming, and for chrissake, she can play guitar. And if you want raw versions of these songs that really ROCK, go find the live show she did for KEXP radio that they have up on Youtube.I don't know why they call it a "double EP". It has 12 songs. It's an album by another name.

**** 4 Stars **** I love Courtney Barnett - she is one of the best hopes we have for the survival of smart and honest rock'n'roll in this age of Beyoncé and way-over-done Foo. But let's be clear - I've never read or heard Courtney discuss any influence she may have had, whether from the LA-based Paisley Underground movement of the 1980's, or anything else, frankly. But ... there is no question that the influence of those 80's rebels lives on in these EPs - if Courtney doesn't own up to loving 'The Dream Syndicate,' or 'Opal' or 'The Bangles' (or Steve Wynn) she is, in my opinion, a liar. If any of us ever saw or heard beyond the horizon given to us, it is because we have stood on the shoulders of giants ... I just want the awesomely talented Courtney Barnett to talk a bit more about her giants. As I have written this, I've been listening to Killing Joke's 'Absolute Dissent' - Courtney may need a tall ladder to get to those shoulders, but she'll get there if she's willing to earn it. Thanks for reading.

Courtney Barnett's music has the frantic building and pacing of Lou Reed or Adam Ant, but never quit pulls you over the finish line, always leaving you wanting more, in a good way. A Sea of Split Peas leaves me wanting more.