Courtney Barnett Shares New Song ‘How To Boil An Egg’

Singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has issued a new song entitled “How To Boil An Egg.” The track was recorded as a collaboration between the Australia-based guitarist’s independent label Milk! Records (which was founded with Barnett’s partner Jen Cloher) and Bedroom Suck.

Written by the 29-year-old Barnett when she was beginning her musical career at age 21, the newly recorded version “How To Boil An Egg” features her playing every instrument on the nearly four-minute track. Here’s how Barnett describes the song:

I used to perform this song at all the open-mics when i was 21. It never got recorded, so for personal-posterity I updated it and made this version recently when I was bunkered up in the bush doin some demos for my next album. In tradition of the Milk! Records compilation releases, like “Pickles From The Jar” or “Three Packs A Day”, i wanted to include a song of mine for Split Singles Club that was a tad left of album-centre. it’s a songwriting experiment that doesn’t really belong anywhere else.

Along with its digital release, the song is exclusively available in physical format as a 7-inch single as part of the Milk! Records and Bedroom Suck’s Split Singles Club. Listen to “How To Boil An Egg” below: