:'D
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Thursday, 9 June 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
album is very good
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 June 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
^^^^
I haven't hyped anything to myself as much in ages, but I'm not disappointed. It's wonderful. I just wish it was like, ten minutes longer.
Getting some very Cardigans vibes from Thursday Girl and Crack Baby.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Thursday, 9 June 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
A buncha US East Coast gigs sold out quick.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
Omg, "My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars"
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Thursday, 9 June 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
Yes! That is a stand-out. I also loved I Bet On Losing Dogs. So powerful.
I tried getting tickets to see her over a month before her last gig in London and they'd sold out! Bought my tickets for October already.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Thursday, 9 June 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
as i said upthread "i bet on losing dogs" kills me
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 June 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
shit this is so good
― imago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
Tracks 4-8 are untouchable.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
seriously
― imago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
This is cool. I really like Fireworks.
― jmm, Friday, 10 June 2016 00:55 (seven years ago) link
The Singles Jukebox reviews her single tomorrow.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 June 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
Quite a twist in the video for Happy.
― jmm, Friday, 10 June 2016 01:41 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkjiKnBVEAIRpBU.jpg
'Sup, Spin.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 June 2016 03:02 (seven years ago) link
hm, that's amazing. "My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars" is an incredible song, the only standout for me so far. But it'll take some time with the rest. That song though, boy.
― flappy bird, Friday, 10 June 2016 03:07 (seven years ago) link
first song sounds like Xiu Xiu
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 June 2016 01:56 (seven years ago) link
almost all of this lady's influences seem pretty 1990s, this album could've come out when i was in college. not a bad thing. just not entirely what i expected.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 20 June 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
second track sounds like late-70s Wire
it couldn't have come out in the 90s - the production is quite hi-tech
― imago, Monday, 20 June 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
anyway it's bloody amazing yeah
i'm not so keen on tracks 2 and 3 but they're still at least good. the rest is fucking brilliant.
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 10:52 (seven years ago) link
Totally sounds like a Greg Saunier production
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
"once more to see you" kinda interrupts the flow in a way that i find really distracting, otherwise i love everything else about this record
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 June 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
late to this, but it's beautiful <3
― oculus lump (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 June 2016 14:10 (seven years ago) link
'dan the dancer' (the wire-a-like) is the one i'm not really sold on, because it doesn't really resolve, but maybe that's the point. colin newman would approve. i don't mind 'once more to see you' so much coz it's too lovely to hate on, if a bit weirdly sequenced
everything from 'fireworks' onward is straight fire incredible album and perfectly sequenced
― imago, Thursday, 23 June 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
I'm in
The whole record just sounds really great on big speakers too
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 11:09 (seven years ago) link
Never thought I'd put together a sentence like this, but when there Weezer-y guitars kick in on Your Best American Girl it's like =D
― circa1916, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 12:13 (seven years ago) link
is she particularly worth seeing live? playing a likely to be sold out show this saturday at a venue that is really uncomfortable when crowded... love the album btw
― flopson, Thursday, 21 July 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
she is absolutely worth seeing live
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 21 July 2016 04:05 (seven years ago) link
yep
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 July 2016 10:51 (seven years ago) link
i liked her live more than my friends did, but if you love the album you'll prob love the show.
― dc, Thursday, 21 July 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
thats the one i am going to flopson! and the first time i have been there since its new name
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 21 July 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
i've been there many times since. better but it still sucks lol
― flopson, Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:28 (seven years ago) link
you got a ticket, Will?
― flopson, Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
yup... bought mine a few weeks ago because i thought it was gonna sell out.
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
nice. i just got one
― flopson, Thursday, 21 July 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
not going to assume this is a new observation but your best american girl is wheatus teenage dirtbag
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 21 July 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
dead oceans is pretty alright they are carrying the young god records mantle well
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 21 July 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
first half of puberty is rocking my socks. not feeling the second half.
anybody who is also just getting into mitski - have a listen to 'retired from sad...' LP from 2013. great piano work
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:31 (seven years ago) link
Listening to the new Ryan Hemsworth single and wondering why it's more enjoyable than the previous two - it's got Mitski!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO4WW1-7iSY
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Monday, 8 August 2016 13:07 (seven years ago) link
i bought this record without really having a feel for whether i liked it or not--there can be no debating that she's doing something interesting, at least--and thought it might be sort of like a less-funny xiu xiu. between the mid-90s downstrokiness and neuroses fully on display what it actually comes across as is maybe the truest descendent of pinkerton.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 15 August 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
Yes. That is a doozy of a song.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:25 (seven years ago) link
so...Your Best American Girl is the best song anyone's gonna release this year, huh
― alpine static, Friday, 23 September 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
p much, although keep tabs on Weyes Blood as well
― imago, Friday, 23 September 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
i loved that last Weyes Blood album, thanks for reminding me to check in on her
― alpine static, Friday, 23 September 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
found this: http://songexploder.net/mitski
interesting breakdown of YBAG
― alpine static, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
I'm not typically a person who places a great deal of value on lyrics, but the "Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me / but I do, I think I do" (and later "I finally do") really punches me in the heart for some reason. It's such a wide open doorway into inhabiting someone else's life for 3 minutes, especially when your own experience is totally different.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 24 September 2016 02:43 (seven years ago) link
it was you and you alone that he had shown his bedroom dancer to
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 08:19 (seven years ago) link
Ha, wrote about this album last night for our record club blog, and that's the lyric I plucked out. Because it's amazing.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 10:14 (seven years ago) link
Also wiki says it's her 26th birthday today. Happy birthday!
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 10:18 (seven years ago) link
i finally saw mitski this weekend after listening to her all summer. it was a super sketchy show. tension was in the air from the start. mitski was complaining of sound woes from the offset, and after playing two songs as a band (her producer, a drummer and herself) she told her band to leave the stage and said that she'd rather play a solo show ("with a missing string") where "pitch and timing isn't an issue". she played about 5 songs on her own from here, was visibly irritated and tense, and then asked for requests. i yelled out 'fireworks' - she played a few chords of it, and then decided she couldn't remember it. she also couldn't tune her guitar. after pacing around for a while, she called for "my band" to return to the stage. they didn't seem to want to head back out, so she done a 180 and did play fireworks. they took to the stage after that to end the set with one loud song together. i left feeling weird about the whole thing and she seemed a little bit of a diva about the situation. i guess all shows can't be great for a performer. i believe fault lied both in the band and the sound engineers... but who knows.
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 12:59 (seven years ago) link
well, we're seeing her on thursday and we're super stoked so whatever lol
― imago, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 13:01 (seven years ago) link