Courtney Barnett
Creature of Habit
60--90点相当
この人も才能ある人なので、
基本そこそこ良い。
期待を裏切るような作品ではないが、
持っているポテンシャルからすると、
ハズレではないにせよ、
何とも言えない域ではあるかも。
いずれにせよ、
年末には、どこかに引っかかってくるかな。
Following three Top Five albums in her native Australia, Courtney Barnett took her longest break between records yet, waiting nearly five years to deliver the follow-up to 2021's presciently titled Things Take Time, Take Time. That period was one full of personal and professional upheaval for Barnett, including the shuttering of her career-long label, Milk! Records, and a relocation from Melbourne across the ocean to Los Angeles. There's a restless quality to the self-scrutinizing Creature of Habit that hasn't been as conspicuous in her music since her debut. Although it doesn't re-capture that album's angsty, barbed qualities, it does embody a similar nerviness in combination with the more singer/songwriter-oriented rock reflections of what came in between. Some of the album's mercurial nature may be due to the involvement of four producers -- Barnett, TTTTT's Stella Mozgawa, John Congleton (St. Vincent, Death Cab for Cutie), and Marta Salogni (Black Midi, Sharon Van Etten) -- but much of it can likely be attributed to wide-ranging emotions. For instance, Creature of Habit opens with the bluntly confrontational "Stay in Your Lane," an angular, punk-inflected tune with a message directed at herself. The next track, "Wonder," takes a dreamier, more reflective approach to Barnett's contemplating what others think of her.
オーストラリアのインディー界のアイコン
コートニー・バーネット
4th