Courtney Barnett live at the Albert Hall in Manchester on November 11th, 2022 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Courtney Barnett was live in Manchester on November 11th.
Courtney Barnett’s brief stop in the UK last weekend concluded a European tour which had followed the Here And There touring festival which went around North America during the summer – all part of a busy year for Barnett in the wake of 2021’s Things Take Time, Take Time.
“The album’s centre-piece, Turning Green, sees Barnett fully embrace the positives (‘In this springtime, lethargy is forcing you to see flowers in the weeds’) in universal feelings amidst a comparatively energetic guitar solo and pace-increasing drums, but the best track is If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight, a fully rounded ‘band’ composition which at first masks some exquisite lyrics (‘I lay awake and wonder why/I pray for rain and angels cry’) until they inevitably claw their way into the consciousness,” our review reads.
“Closing track Oh The Night brings the emotional adventure we and she had been on to a head, as the stark piano seems to strip her veneer right down its core; ‘You know it takes a little time for me to show how I really feel.’ Emotional journey complete.”
