Biography:
Courtney Barnett is an Australian singer/songwriter originally from Sydney, New South Wales; later moving to Hobart, Tasmania[/placeform] where she began performing music in 2006 before relocating to Melbourne in 2010.
Barnett puts a lot of effort into sounding effortless. Her songs are wild and wooly and wordy, her lyrics plainspoken and delivered like she’s making them up on the spot.
Barnett was originally a part of several bands, including Immigrant Union and The Olivettes before focusing on her solo work.
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Other songs:
- An Illustration Of Loneliness (sleepless In Ny)
- Avant Gardener
- Being Around (the Lemonheads Cover)
- Dead Fox
- Depreston
- Elevator Operator
- Need A Little Time
- Three Packs A Day
- An Illustration Of Loneliness Sleepless In New York
- An Illustration Of Loneliness Sleepless In New
- Anonymous Club
- Aqua Profunda
- Are You Looking After Yourself
- Being Around
- Blue Cheese
- Boxing Day Blues
- Boxing Day Blues Revisited
- Charity
- City Looks Pretty
- Continental Breakfast
- Crippling Self Doubt And A General Lack Of Self Confidence
- David
- Debbie Downer
- Dont Apply Compression Gently
- Fear Is Like A Forest
- History Eraser
- How To Boil An Egg
- Kims Caravan
- Lance Jr
- Nameless Faceless
- Nobody Really Cares If You Dont Go To The Party
- Numbers
- Ode To Odetta
- Out Of The Woodwork
- Over Everything
- Pedestrian At Best
- Pickles From The Jar
- Porcelain
- Scotty Says
- Small Poppies
- Sunday Roast
- Untogether
- Valerie
- Walkin On Eggshells
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