Courtney Barnett Gets Introspective with New Single ‘Rae Street’ Ahead of Her Album Release
Courtney Barnett announces her third studio album, Things Take Time, Take Time, alongside the album’s opening track titled “Rae Street” on July 7.
The music video for “Rae Street” starts with a hand drawing the title in wet cement, cutting to the artist sitting on the floor, guitar in hand, playing the tune. The other characters throughout the video are also Barnett, but fans are still unsure of the symbolism behind that cinematic choice.
The video is perfection ++ just pre-ordered the deluxe set (with postcards! and notebook!) to our cottage in Japan. Your words and music are so very very welcome right now. The queen abides, thank you for being you.
— DaveO (@uncleweed) July 8, 2021
Barnett’s single is an observation, the pandemic having her view the more mundane parts of life with further introspection as it was all falling apart.
Barnett wrote Things Take Time, Take Time in two years in major cities in her home country of Australia.
On June 25, the Australian singer announced the final tour dates for her North America tour with various openers, including Shamir, Julia Jacklin, Warpaint, Bartees Strange, and Bedouine.
Barnett has a history of designing her own album covers, and this LP is no different.
Out on a street corner, she laid out some tarp and prepared a white wall for her monochromatic color palette. Each dot is labeled with a word from the album title, a spectacle of an advertisement for the singer.
The artist has already revealed the tracklist, including ten tracks similar to her 2018 LP Tell Me How You Really Feel.
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— Joaquínnerspeaker (@hairodead) July 7, 2021
Things Take Time, Take Time arrives on all music platforms on November 12. Check out the tracklist below:
Things Take Time, Take Time:
01 Rae Street
02 Sunfair Sundown
03 Here’s the Thing
04 Before You Gotta Go
05 Turning Green
06 Take It Day By Day
07 If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight
08 Write a List of Things to Look Forward To
09 Splendour
10 Oh the Night
