End of the Day (Courtney Barnett album)

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End of the Day
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Film score by
Courtney Barnett
Released8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)
Recorded2021
Length40:16
Label
Producer
Courtney Barnett chronology
Things Take Time, Take Time
(2021)		End of the Day
(2023)

End of the Day is an instrumental album by Australian musician Courtney Barnett, originally composed as the film score for the 2021 documentary film about Barnett, Anonymous Club. It was released on 8 September 2023 through Milk! Records and Mom + Pop Music. Barnett improvised the album alongside drummer Stella Mozgawa as they watched director Danny Cohen's final edit of Anonymous Club. [1]

Contents

Background and recording

While originally conceived as the score to the 2021 biographical documentary film Anonymous Club that followed Barnett, the album was reworked to form a single piece of music. [2] Barnett and drummer Stella Mozgawa's "one guiding principle" as they recorded the score was "nothing too maudlin, obvious, or instructive, nothing to tell the future audience how they should be feeling about Barnett's life onscreen". [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [2]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Uncut 7/10 [6]

End of the Day received a score of 66 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [3] Uncut commented that the album is "held together by a unifying drone" and a "welcome if unusual addition to Barnett's catalogue", [6] while The Line of Best Fit 's Amaya Lim stated that while Barnett "previously depended on frank and revealing lyrical turns to convey emotion, she here demonstrates that she can do the same with only her instrument" and "proves that she is a master at her craft, striking gold again with her new foray into scoring". [2]

Mojo wrote that "in places it verges on doodling, as if Barnett is endlessly tuning her guitar, but tracks such as Intro or Tiver sound darkly majestic, like deep, drifting hollowed-out Americana". [4] Logan Walker of The Skinny felt that "as a standalone record, End of the Day does not always justify its existence. Some tracks are simply too empty, leaving a noticeable divide between audience and artist". [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Courtney Barnett and Stella Mozgawa

End of the Day track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Start Somewhere"2:11
2."Life Balance"3:20
3."First Slow"1:44
4."A to B"1:59
5."(Electricity)"2:04
6."Two Circles Reflecting"1:15
7."End of the Day"4:58
8."Floating Down"1:43
9."Spring Ascends"1:03
10."Intro"3:31
11."B to C"1:40
12."Like Water"1:59
13."Gold Room"1:24
14."Sun Through"0:22
15."River"3:31
16."Get on with It"5:44
17."Eternity Repeat"1:48
Total length:40:16

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Lochrie, Conor (11 July 2023). "Courtney Barnett Announces New Album End of the Day". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Lim, Amaya (5 September 2023). "Courtney Barnett: End of the Day – instrumental emotions convey wealth". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 "End of the Day by Courtney Barnett". Metacritic . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Courtney Barnett – End of the Day". Mojo . October 2023. p. 78.
  5. 1 2 Walker, Logan (5 September 2023). "Courtney Barnett – End of the Day". The Skinny . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Courtney Barnett – End of the Day". Uncut . October 2023. p. 25.
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