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The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas

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Courtney Barnett’s newest release might look like an album, but it’s not quite the formal debut that fans may be expecting. In fact, she doesn’t even want you to think it’s a full‐length album.

Instead, as its name suggests, The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas is two standalone EPs smashed together as one release.

Last year, the Melbourne‐based singer/songwriter released her first EP I’ve Got A Friend Called Emily Ferris, and this 6‐song work is tacked onto the end of The Double EP.

The first six songs from The Double EP come from a separate EP (How To Carve A Carrot Into A Rose), released in October 2013.

If you’re playing along at home, half of The Double EP is old material, and the other half is brand new. Barnett doesn’t want us to see this as an overarching album, but a lead in.

Review:
The first album from Australian singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett isn't a traditional full-length. Sea of Split Peas is in fact two EPs tied together to create a full body of work, and it's a testament to her talented songwriting that the track list flows almost seamlessly from her breakthrough 2013 EP How to Carve a Carrot Into a Rose into her 2012 release, I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris. Barnett's greatest asset is her down-to-earth lyrical simplicity, which transforms what would otherwise be a mundane day or story into a tale of intrigue and significance. Obvious standout track “Avant Gardener” is typical of Barnett's dry wit as she explains her unsuccessful attempt at gardening, which results in a panic attack and the realization that she struggles with some of life's simplest tasks as she muses, “I'm not that good at breathing in.” Her poetic words are set to a soundtrack of psychedelic-leaning guitar wails and chugging slacker-rock chords, which provide a freewheeling accompaniment to her narration. There is of course more to Barnett than her storytelling, and the churning melodies of “History Eraser” and the excitable “David” both indulge in a few organ blasts, piano twinkles, and rambling riffs that flare into the odd guitar solo. The difference between the two EPs is slightly obvious when the studio polish of 2013's Carve a Carrot Into a Rose – which makes up the first half of the album – breaks into the lo-fi sounding I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris. The slight change of pace is heard in the unfurling tracks “Are You Looking After Yourself” and “Porcelain,” which revel in their simplicity, and Barnett herself admits that this release was never intended to be noted as a full-length album, and was simply an exercise in collecting her work onto one disc. It's clear to see that together these EPs are an indicator of her wonderful songwriting talent.
All Music Guide – Scott Kerr

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
  1. Out of the Woodwork
  2. Don’t Apply Compression Gently
  3. Avant Gardener
  4. History Eraser
  5. David
  6. Anonymous Club
  7. Lance Jr
  8. Are You Looking After Yourself
  9. Scotty Says
  10. Canned Tomatoes (Whole)
  11. Porcelian
  12. Ode to Odetta
Release date NZ
March 14th, 2014
Label
Mom + Pop Music
Number of Discs
1
Original Release Year
2013
Box Dimensions (mm)
125x125x5
UPC
9332727029042
Product ID
22209204

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