(Marathon Artists/Matador/Milk!) Related: Courtney Barnett: ‘It’s easy to feel hopeless and lost in this weird world’ A collaboration between these two singer-songwriters makes for an intriguing prospect,Vile’s melodic nous and J Mascis-worthy hypnopompic drawl seemingly the perfect complement to Barnetts pin-sharp observational lyrics. And so it proves on opener Over Everything, a conversation between the two about songwriting set to gently meandering guitar that gradually builds momentum and is as insightful as it’s lovely. Let It travel and Continental Breakfast follow a similar vein, and are nearly as good. However,there are lapses in quality control (Jen Cloher cover dread Is Like a Forest is especially leaden) and they’re rather less sure-footed when they cover each other’s songs – or tackle stomach’s Untogether together. Not the triumph it could fill been, then.
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Source: theguardian.com