
Courtney Barnett announces third album with opening track "Rae Street"
07 July 2021, 19:01
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
Courtney Barnett has officially announced her upcoming third album Things Take Time, Take Time, and has unveiled the opener "Rae Street" as the first taster.
"Rae Street" is Barnett's first outing since teaming up with Vagabon for a cover of Sharon Van Etten's "Don’t Do It" back in April, and arrives with a video directed by W.A.M. Bleakley.
Things Take Time, Take Time will follow 2018's Tell Me How You Really Feel album, and was written over the space of two years. Barnett recorded the album in late 2020 and early 2021 in Sydney, Northern New South Wales and Melbourne with producer/drummer Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Cate le Bon, Kurt Vile).
Tracklist:
- Rae Street
- Sunfair Sundown
- Here’s the Thing
- Before You Gotta Go
- Turning Green
- Take it Day By Day
- If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight
- Write a List of Things to Look Forward To
- Splendour
- Oh the Night
"Rae Street" is out now. Courtney Barnett's Things Take Time, Take Time album will be released 12 November via Marathon Artists, and is available to pre-order now.
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