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Today, Courtney Barnett announces her third studio album Things Take Time, Take Time. Set to drop November 12th via Mom+Pop Music / Marathon Artists, the album is a finely-woven collage of snapshots recorded at a time of creative renewal and deeper understanding for Barnett. The work signals an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers and it sees her consolidating her place in the storied global lineage of ground-breaking and influential female singer-songwriters.

Over the course of her discography to date, Barnett has made it her mission to record and bear witness to the minutiae and idiosyncrasies of life in all their awkward yet poignant glory. She has a catalogue of songs that are both acutely personal and so beautifully sketched that they can’t help but resonate deeply with the listener. This brings us to her third album.

Things Take Time, Take Time was written over two years and recorded towards the end of 2020 and early 2021 in Sydney, Northern NSW and Melbourne with musical kindred-spirit producer/drummer Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Cate le Bon, Kurt Vile). Things Take Time, Take Time is yet another assured leap forward for Barnett; a breakthrough really, but not in the ways you might expect. This is Barnett at her most creative and adventurous – an exquisite look at Courtney’s private world, and consequently her most beautiful and intimate record to date, with songs dealing unabashedly with love, renewal, healing and self-discovery.

Album opener (and first single) “Rae Street” sets the tone, a stirring, mid-tempo essay which details the everyday life of a small community while juxtaposing it against break-neck speed of modern society, particularly with the memorable chorus of “time is money; and money is no man’s friend”. In Barnett’s hands the plaintive lyrics become intensely, strikingly alive, a work of astonishing lyricism that uses quiet actions and observations to pry open the way in which the human need to connect is often lost amidst the white noise.

Things Take Time, Take Time is a stunning, shining glimpse into Courtney 2.0 – no less droll and sharply observant, but more rhythmic, detailed, and effusive with it. This is Courtney’s world – full of the strangeness, busyness and undeniable warmth of life - and you will definitely want to spend some time in it.

COURTNEY BARNETT THINGS TAKE TIME, TAKE TIME OUT NOVEMBER 12TH PRE-ORDER

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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

• Mon November 29 - Las Vegas, NA @ Brooklyn Bowl with Bedouine

• Tues December 1 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory with Bedouine

• Thurs December 2 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Depot with Bedouine

• Sat December 4 - Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren with Bartees Strange

• Sun December 5 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park with Bartees Strange

• Thu, December 9 - Los Angeles, CA - The Theater at Ace Hotel with Warpaint

• Fri December 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Ace with Bartees Strange

• Sun December 12 - Oakland, CA @ The Fox with Bartees Strange

• Tues December 14 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount with Bartees Strange

• Wed December 15 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore

• Sat January 22 - Minneapolis, MN @ Palace Theatre with Julia Jacklin

• Sun January 23 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre with Julia Jacklin

• Tues January 25 - Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre with Julia Jacklin

• Wed January 26 - Columbus, OH @ Express Live with Julia Jacklin

• Fri January 28 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman with Julia Jacklin

• Sat January 29 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern with Julia Jacklin

• Mon January 31 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel with Shamir

• Wed February 2 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club with Shamir

• Thurs February 3 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club with Shamir

• Fri February 4 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Met with Julia Jacklin

• Sat February 5 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall with Julia Jacklin

• Tues February 8 - Boston, MA @ Wang Theatre with Shamir

• Thurs February 10 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground with Shamir

• Fri February 11 - Montreal, QC @ Mtelus with Shamir

• Sat February 12 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall with Shamir