Courtney Barnett - Different Now (Chastity Belt cover)

Courtney Barnett
"Different Now" out August 7, 2023 on Suicide Squeeze Records

Photo by: Mia Mala McDonald
Cover design by: Jesse LeDoux

Song credits:
Written by Chastity Belt
Guitars and Vocals by Courtney Barnett
Drums and Synths by Stella Mozgawa

Additional credits:
Engineered by Stella Mozgawa
Mixed by Omar Yakar Jr.
Mastered by Heba Kadry

"Different Now" appears on SSQ225.
Kurt Vile "This Time of Night" b/w Courtney Barnett "Different Now" 7"

Courtney Barnett appears courtesy of Mom + Pop
Kurt Vile appears courtesy of Verve Records

Suicide Squeeze celebrates Chastity Belt with the latest in its split 7" single series–a pair of covers by Friends of the Band and tourmates Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett. For this release, Kurt and Courtney each recorded a song from the band's third album, 2017's I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, in their signature styles. Side K is Kurt's version of "This Time of Night," on which he lovingly recreates the anxious interplay of Julia Shapiro and Lydia Lund's guitars, stretching each note of the song's fraught vocal melody to its breaking point. Flip the record to Side C for Courtney's take on "Different Now," where she pulls the song from its Pacific Northwest haze, leaves it out to dry in the middle of the desert, and wrings something almost joyous from the original's ambiguity. "This Time of Night" / "Different Now" will be available on vinyl and digital platforms, with a one-time retail vinyl pressing limited to 1500 (250 pink, 250 black, 1000 blue) copies on heavyweight vinyl.

Lyrics:
You're hard on yourself
Well you can't always be right
All those little things that keep you up at night
You should take some time to figure out your life
But you're stuck indoors and thinking poorly

You'll find in time
All the answers that you seek
Have been sitting there just waiting to be seen
Take away your pride and take away your grief
And you'll finally be right where you need to be

Take all of it, take everything you're owed
'Til you finally feel okay being alone
Yeah it's different now
Yeah it's different now, you're old
And you try, and you try, and you try, and you try

[laurenphillips]

I feel like I completed a six year journey from when this song came out, to this cover. All the answers that I was seeking were sitting there waiting to be seen. You know, cause it’s different now.

[GrahamONeil]

Gorgeous, jangly, transcendent, summer vibe. Wonderful and just makes me smile and move.

[Chasewjohnson]

CB covering CB

I love this song. I'm glad other people do as well.

[averagejoesdojo]

This is just so, so great. Kurt and Courtney just make wonderful music together, and this is my favorite Chastity Belt song. You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!

[reflectedchop]

this is just sublime. a real tonic to a really toxic time in life. amazing.

[TimTheHermit]

This is so very beautiful. The guitar and beat remind me of something 80s, perhaps New Order? Anyways, Courtney Barnett just crushes in this performance!

[cooperredmon]

I just love the guitar on this song, and Courtney’s vocals make it even better! So glad I discovered her

[gretchentruscott]

Kurt and Courtney - gooood; Kurt and Chazzy - gooood; Courtney and Chazzy - what's there not to like?

[MultiGonsalo]

Tá de sacanagem!
Parece mais um karaoke com a música do Chastity belt.
Fraquissima.