Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label:    Milk! Records – OLE-1148-1, Mom + Pop – OLE-1148-1, Matador – OLE-1148-1, Marathon Artists – OLE-1148-1
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Single Jacket
Country:    USA & Canada
Released:    2022
Genre:    Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style:    Indie Rock, Folk Rock, Alternative Rock

A1        Over Everything
A2        Let It Go
A3        Fear Is Like A Forest
A4        Outta The Woodwork
B1        Continental Breakfast
B2        On Script
B3        Blue Cheese
B4        Peepin' Tom
B5        Untogether

Pressed By – GZ Media – 226742E
Not on a split cover vinyl; 'barn door.'

℗ 2017 Matador Records and Marathon Artists
© 2017 Matador Records and Marathon Artists

Track B5:
©1993 Universal Songs Of PolyGram Int., Inc. / Mercer Street Songs / Slow Dog Music. All rights for Mercer Street Songs and Slow Dog Music controlled and administered by Universal Songs Of PolyGram Int., Inc.
Barcode: 744861114819

As heirs apparent to the throne of '90s alt-rock, Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett appear to be an ideal match -- comrades in slacktivism united by a shrug and a smirk. If neither singer/songwriter sounds precisely like the other, they're good complements, both cherishing laconic melodies, loping rhythms, and a loads of guitar. All of these elements are in play on Lotta Sea Lice, a rambling nine-song affair that finds the duo singing each other's songs, playing tunes penned by friends, and covering Belly's "Untogether," an underappreciated '90s cult classic that the band once played as a duet with Radiohead's Thom Yorke. Barnett and Vile do not bring to mind Yorke and Tanya Donelly, nor do they sound a thing like the original Kurt and Courtney of Nirvana and Hole fame. Singing together, Vile and Barnett evoke J Mascis and Liz Phair, comparisons that have been leveled against the individual rockers before, but on this lazy stroll of an LP, it appears the pair are indulging in alt-rock cosplay. It doesn't help matters that when they indulge in an explicit duet, they often veer toward the cutesy, as on "Continental Breakfast," where they puff up their international friendship over the titular meal. Usually, though, Lotta Sea Lice just settles into a cozy rustic groove that dispenses with any of the coiled energy of Barnett's Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. and opts for Vile's cheery stoner strumming. As they're both charismatic singers with a way with an elliptical melody, it's pleasant. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: LP standard Jacket
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALTERNATIVE
• Format Type: LP
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 10/13/2017
• Internal ID: JITRE