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Avant Gardener by Courtney Barnett

Biografie van de kunstenaar Courtney Barnett

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. In 2012 Barnett Started Her Own Record Label Milk! Records And Recorded Her Debut EP I've Got A Friend Called Emily Ferris In A Friend's Lounge Room And Released It Later That Year. Late 2012 Also Saw The Release Of A New Single "History Eraser " Which Was Backed With Jen Cloher's "Mount Beauty" For A Split Seven-Inch Release. In 2013 Barnett Released Her Second EP How To Carve A Carrot Into A Rose. Along With "History Eraser " The EP Spawned A Second Single "Avant Gardener." Her Second EP Received International Acclaim Taking Her And The Band Dave Mudie Drums Bones Sloane Bass And Dan Luscombe Guitar All Around The World. Barnett Would Later Combine Those Two EP Releases Into One For The Double EP A Sea Of Split Peas Which Was Released Internationally On 20 May 2013 Via House Anxiety/Marathon Artists. It Was Named The Album Of The Week By Stereogum. Barnett's Debut LP Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit Was Released In 2015 To Widespread Acclaim. At The 2015 ARIA Music Awards She Won Four Awards From Eight Nominations. She Was Nominated For Best New Artist At The 58th Annual Grammy Awards And International Female Solo Artist At The 2016 Brit Awards. In 2017 She Released Lotta Sea Lice A Collaborative Album With Kurt Vile. Barnett's Second Album Tell Me How You Really Feel Was Released In 2018.

Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: Avant Gardener

In This Song Barnett Explores Malaise Routine And Her Difficulty Escaping Her Own Discomfort. The Song’s Central Symbol – Breath And Its Deprivation – Precipitates In A Literal Event An Acute “asthma Attack ” Which Artfully Doubles As A Metaphor For Panic Or Anxiety That Comes Along With Life’s Routines And Cycles. In The Song Barnett’s Inability To Breathe Takes Hold Just As Inspiration Has Struck. Narratively Barnett’s Persona Struggles Initially With Feelings Of Helplessness And Perhaps Depression Only To Feel Inspired By Her Neighbour’s Honest Enjoyment Of Her Garden. However When Barnett Attempts To Share In That Inspiration And Enjoyment The Sudden Onset Of An Asthma Attack Sends Her Back To Stating She “should’ve Stayed In Bed Today” And “prefers The Mundane”. Her Failure To Capitalise On This Inspiration Leads Her To Internalise Her Problem. No Longer Is She Facing A Momentary Attack I’m Having Trouble Breathing In But By The End Of The Song She Herself Is Flawed At A Deeper Level I’m Not That Good At Breathing In . The Title “Avant Gardener” Is A Play On The Phrase “Avant Garde” – Meaning Out Of The Ordinary/unique/strange And “Gardener” – As The Song Discusses Using Gardening As A Way To Escape From Your Own Thoughts. Put Together “Avant Gardener” Represents How A Normal Or Even Bland Day Of Gardening Drastically Changed. The Term “Avant Garde” Comes With Certain Connotations Of Underground Music And The ‘80s/'90s Grunge Scenes Which The Alternative Vocals And Themes Of This Song Complement. In 2018 NPR Ranked This As The #33 Greatest Song By A Female Artist In The 21st Century Saying "How Long Had It Been Since Indie Rock Manifested A Major New Personality? Not A Showboating Troll But A Person Whose Music Told You Everything You Needed To Know? Barnett’s Arrival Was A Revelation One Powered By Dazzling Wordplay That Disguised Her Desire To Go Through Life Making As Little Fuss As Possible. The Indignity Of The Brilliant ‘Avant Gardener’ Isn’t That She Almost Dies Of Anaphylactic Shock While Gardening But That She Makes A Spectacle Of Herself Doing So."

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