Pedestrian at BestCourtney Barnett · 2015

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“"Put me on a pedestal, and I'll only disappoint you," Courtney Barnett confides a minute or so into "Pedestrian at Best", the lead single from her forthcoming LP Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. From its very first line, "Pedestrian"—one part kiss-off, two parts "existential time crisis"—is riddled with contradictions: "I love you, I hate you, I'm on the fence, it all depends."”