Mhmmm….. I did not expect a new Mitski album to drop this year to be honest.<\/p>\n
Yeah,\u00a0Laurel Hell<\/em> came out last year in 2022 along with her appearing on the song “This is A Life” (with Son Lux & David Byrne) from Everything, Everywhere, All At Once,<\/em> but prior to that, it had been four years between that and Be The Cowboy<\/em>. However, I’m not complaining about having new Mitski material. It had its rollout with singles such as “Bug Like An Angel,” which was the opener of this album, as well as other singles like “Star” & “Heaven.”<\/p>\n So, now it’s time to ask that very familiar question… how’s the album?<\/p>\n According to Mitski herself, this is her most American album with the center of the lyrics being “the theme of love,” and the sound of the music is influenced by Spaghetti Western works as we do get more of an Americana\/folk\/country vibe in the album than the previous work. As usual, Patrick Hyland is back on the production throughout and as I said, this does have that country twang to it, and the sound is quite fitting to the theme here.<\/p>\n Mitski’s singing and subject matter has always been the type that attracts multiple listens, and she always has an excellent voice and the songs always soar, like on “Bug Like An Angel.”<\/p>\n