Mitski

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.

well, we're seeing her on thursday and we're super stoked so whatever lol

i guess i'm not that bothered she wrote some good songs and that's all that really fucking matters.

that sounds like a real unusual situation. she was incredible live opening for speedy last year

if she takes requests she's already more audience-receptive than 95% of artists. and she's neurotic as anything - it's a crucial factor in her art - no surprise at all that she feels tension or irritation at all times, as is her right

fireworks would be my request too fyi

oh god i KNEW they'd roll out Trust Fund as support, much as they did when Speedy Ortiz visited last year. much as i want to like them they really haven't written any songs yet

I saw her say on Twitter once how she felt upset that some audiences gave her stick for not always having a full band live. It might be that she's not so accustomed to that set up. And yeah, like imago mentioned, her own internal struggles probably contribute enormously to the stress of being on tour. She's hardly full of self-love and it must be so hard to negotiate everything under a pretty sudden and full-on spotlight. I think it'll be great to see her regardless of emotional tension, and I hope she adjusts well to her massively deserved success in the long run and releases another ten albums as good as the last two.

Aaw Trust Fund are cute.

trust fund are darlings. i hang out with them in my town. the two records they put out last year are both amazing pop songs start to finish.

tangent, yes. i agree with your sentiments. i guess i just wanted to report the show. it was strange.

omg Trust Fund are WAY better than last time, that was great

Being a singing-drummer three-piece suits them and it turns out they have a few lovely songs :'D

anyway, Mitski impendeth

omg she did ...crushed Little stars as her encore it was the best encore ever

am I alone in getting strong Annie Clarke/St. Vincent vibes from this?

the comparison has been made on RYM quite a lot, but I'm not entirely convinced

also imo comparing female solo artists to each other is a fine habit to get out of

I am allowed to compare male artists to male artists though?

it's mostly the melodic style and vocal delivery, compare Mitski "Happy" to St. Vincent "Strange Mercy":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JwXCBi-Eh8

Saw her in Durham, NC tonight. No tense vibes, and the crowd adored her. Power trio format for most of the show, with Mitski on bass sounding like she'd borrowed her rig from Bob Weston. She was magnetic. Plus she earned my goodwill forever for explicitly declining to play the obligatory encore. "When it's over, it's over... let's no go through that social ritual" (or words to that effect).

can't stop listening to your best american girl

Finally shelled out for this after spinning it on Spotify all the time. Does anyone else find the distorted guitar timbres really harsh and digital-sounding? I really like the tunes and voice but I don't think I understand the production choices on this album.

it really works on my body's made of crushed little stars, but otherwise I agree with you- the rest of the album sounds very cold.

it is a bit hard on the ears

much contemporary music is...

Finally I like a song within the ILM top 50!
I've just heard Your Best American Girl today, feel like it sounds really like something I've listened to within the past year or so, but what??

and I don't mean Weezer

Sister by Angel Olsen?

Two Step by Throwing Muses?

Crying?

Crying is dope

def

That song fireworks

one of my favourites

as someone already said upthread, i believe, the run from Fireworks to Crushed Little Stars is stop-you-in-your-tracks good.

i like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnhTkFl5Imw

sounds like first album charli xcx

yeah i really like that too. also because i've always felt i would like xiu xiu more if it wasn't for JS' voice.

New album Be The Cowboy in August. First single "Geyser" today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdFZJf-B90

second half of that is incredible jeez

uh wow

!

Some confluence with Crying maybe

Mitski Mitski Mitski

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5af65a3e09d5ee50c49e8b98/master/pass/doc150.lp.fc.cover.1600%20(2).jpg

01 Geyser
02 Why Didn’t You Stop Me
03 Old Friend
04 A Pearl
05 Lonesome Love
06 Remember My Name
07 Me and My Husband
08 Come Into the Water
09 Nobody
10 Pink in the Night
11 A Horse Named Cold Air
12 Washing Machine Heart
13 Blue Light
14 Two Slow Dancers

Yessss!

I'm so excited for this. The single is brilliant.

"Geyser" is nuts, I'm into it. I like the soundtrack tune w/ Xiu Xiu a lot too.

On first listen it's the Xiu Xiu tune that positively nuts for, but Geyser too is great. Stoked.

I assumed that Geyser must've been a mid-album tune because of the way it starts. It's so impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qooWnw5rEcI

at some point this song turns into saint etienne

i'm ecstatic