Lotta Sea Lice

by Courtney Barnett / Kurt Vile

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Here are two great indie-rock songwriters getting together to spool out autumnal guitar prettiness and converse about life, art and whatever. As collaborators, they're a perfect match..."
"The transcontinental pairing of Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile makes an immediate, intuitive kind of sense. Both are wry, casually thoughtful songwriters with immediately recognizable singing voices..."
"[W]arm, innovative and immensely satisfying; as if a friendly woodshedding session accidentally turned out a modern classic."
Paste (magazine) - "By eschewing ambition in favor of intimacy, the album is both comfortable and comforting. While Barnett and Vile don't travel far from their established sounds in their collaboration, the sum of their contributions yields fresh results."
Pitchfork (Website) - "[O]n a musical level, the two encroach on common twangy turf whenever their respective songs settle into a country-rock groove. And ultimately their differing songwriting styles serve the same function..."
Clash (Magazine) - "Kurt and Courtney perfectly complement one another with their similarly unhurried delivery....The intricacy offered by dual guitars also provides added texture to each song in a way that isn't always present on the pair's individual projects..."