For the primary time in practically 4 years, Courtney Barnett has launched a brand new single.
“Keep In Your Lane” is Barnett at her most funky and defiant, because the Australian singer seeks each a way of launch (“Gotta get this off my chest”) whereas damning her want for one thing new (“This by no means would’ve occurred if I stayed in my lane, stayed the identical method”). Try the Alex Ross Perry-directed music video beneath, which makes One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest appear like a day on the park. The only’s artwork follows.
As talked about, “Keep In Your Lane” is Barnett’s first new music since 2021’s wonderful Issues Take Time, Take Time. (She additionally surprise-released an instrumental document, Finish of the Day, again in September 2023.) A press launch famous that Barnett has additionally been “road-testing new music at a collection of intimate exhibits,” together with gigs at California’s Joshua Tree and New York’s Levon Helm Studios.
Barnett has confirmed to be decidedly quiet lately. In 2023, she closed down her label, Milk! Information after over a decade. (The transfer got here as a result of “persistent monetary issues” spurred on by COVID-19 restrictions throughout Australia.) Past that, Barnett has performed a smattering of concert events and pageant gigs, together with the Flaming Lips-curated Psychic Salamander Competition and the G*ve a F*ck LA wildfire profit live performance. She additionally contributed to a Neil Younger covers document launched this previous February.
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Keep tuned for any extra information/bulletins on what can be Barnett’s fourth studio document. Within the meantime, you see her carry out “Keep In Your Lane” reside when she seems on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, October twenty second.
