Courtney Barnett: “When You Decide That There're Rules, That's When it Becomes Hard"

<p><a href="https://consequence.net/artist/courtney-barnett/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Courtney Barnett</a> catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her latest LP, <a href="https://consequence.net/2021/11/things-take-time-review-courtney-barnett-album/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Things Take Time, Take Time</em></a> (one of the <a href="https://consequence.net/2021/12/top-50-albums-2021-list/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">best albums of 2021</a>).</p> <p>The Australian singer-songwriter discusses how the pandemic limited her musical resources, noticing the way people communicated during the lockdown, and doing a bulk of her writing from bed (her favorite place). Barnett also gets into some of the guitar moments on the record, having a theme of writing letters to other people, and covering The Velvet Underground’s "<a href="https://consequence.net/2021/08/courtney-barnett-the-velvet-underground-ill-be-your-mirror-stream/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">I’ll Be Your Mirror.</a>"</p> <p>Listen to Courtney Barnett unpack her new album in the lates episode. Also, make sure you like and subscribe to <a href="https://consequence.net/category/kyle-meredith-with/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Kyle Meredith With…</em></a>&nbsp;wherever you get your podcasts.</p> <p>For more information on all our shows, you can also follow the&nbsp;<a href="https://consequence.net/category/consequence-podcast-network/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Consequence Podcast Network</a>.</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>