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ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Lotta Sea Lice by Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile

Two titans of the 2010s indie-rock scene, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, started jamming together in 2017. Later that year, they released this collaborative album full of sweet, melancholic, calm stories backed by exceptionally restrained guitar sprinkling. This gem of a jam session comes after the praise of Courtney Barnett’s debut double EP and debut album: The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (2013) and Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015), respectively; meanwhile Kurt Vile was high on the release of his two most successful albums: Wakin On A Pretty Daze (2013) and b’lieve i’m goin down… (2015). The pairing could not have been more serendipitously fitting for the fans, experiencing two legends in their primes. My favorite tracks are “Over Everything,” “Outta the Woodwork,” and “Continental Breakfast.”