{"id":10310,"date":"2015-02-05T13:15:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T18:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=10310"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:13:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:13:28","slug":"video-review-courtney-barnett-pedestrian-at-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/video-review-courtney-barnett-pedestrian-at-best\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO REVIEW: Courtney Barnett “Pedestrian At Best”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Courtney Barnett is one busy Australian. She’s a record label owner<\/a>, visual artist, and of course a singing, songwriting, guitar-playing musician. If her 2013 release The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas <\/a><\/i>left you in desperate need of an official album from the Melbourne musician, the wait is nearly over: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit <\/i>will be released via\u00a0 <\/span>Mom + Pop Music<\/a> on March 24th. <\/span><\/p>\n

Barnett\u00a0has also released the album’s first single, \u201cPedestrian At Best.\u201d The accompanying video<\/span>\u00a0is a hilarious, self-deprecating portrayal of fame and the anxieties it produces, revealed in lines such as \u201cWhat are we going to do when everything falls through?\u201d and \u201cPut me on a pedestal, and I\u2019ll only disappoint you.\u201d Barnett plays a sad clown at a fair who wears a \u201cClown of the Year 2013\u201d badge, and just can\u2019t catch a break. She\u2019s ignored by the crowds in favor of 2014\u2019s Clown of the Year and jipped by an unimpressed ticket-taker. The members of her band appear in the video as well, booing her as she makes balloon animals, crashing into her on a go-kart course, and stealing her money.\u00a0\u201cI must confess I’ve made a mess of what should be a small success,\u201d she sings in her signature, composed ramble, over crashing cymbals and crunchy power chords.<\/p>\n

Even if her time in the spotlight hasn\u2019t been so easy, at least it inspired some killer songs. Check out “Pedestrian At Best” below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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