Pedestrian at Best - Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett has returned with the new single "Pedestrian at Best." The witty stream-of-consciousness vocals that were the standard on The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas remain, but the laid-back and lackadaisical guitar we heard from the bad bong smoker on "Avant Gardener" has been replaced by a louder, heavier, and more aggressive barrage of sound.

"Pedestrian at Best" is the first single from the forthcoming album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit is out March 24th on Mom + Pop. <EC>

I Don't Mind - Twerps

The Melbourne, Australian indie outfit Twerps enter the new year with “I Don’t Mind”, the second single from their forthcoming album Range Anxiety. The track begins as carefree as its title suggests, with a thumbing bass that meanders around until the guitar shows up. For its first few minutes, “I Don’t Mind” lingers between upbeat and downtrodden; Guitarist Julia McFarlane’s riff evokes the pleasant stylings of Real Estate’s Matt Mondanile, and coupled with the foot dragging bass gives the feeling of watching someone skip in slow motion. Gradually enough to go undetected, the pace picks up and the sound crescendos. McFarlane joins Marty Frawley’s vocals with a call and response encouraging him to put his shoes on and get his act together. Before long the mood shifts from meander to one of rushing into a decision, not so much concerned with the outcome as with ending the deciding. <PM>

Range Anxiety is out January 27^th on Merge Records.