Mitski - Laurel Hell (February 4th, 2022) • Page 4

Reminds me, mastery-of-skills wise, of I Am Easy to Find. An artist who can do anything, doing what they want, for as long or short as they want, as pretty or as ramshackle as they want, while not doing any of the things they don’t want to do…and doing all that exceptionally.

 

MITSKI

 

first impressions of this are very strong. liking it much more than be the cowboy. sorry

 

yeah i liked be the cowboy, but this is much more aligned with my tastes.

 

Really love the last run of tracks on this

 

I've enjoyed/respected what's come before, but this will be the first Mitski stuff to get into my rotation.

 

i like it. it feels scaled back in a controlled way. love "Should've Been Me"

 

Holy fuck, this album is deep and I need to intently listen to it.

 

I'm on I Guess, and I really have no complaints so far already can't wait to keep diving into it, at this point she can't do wrong.

 

“Working for the Knife” really has grown on me, what a tune.


I think the production on this is actually pretty great. There’s a lot of cool things going on here.

 

I really like this

 

This is good. Still a step down from the last two but those albums were incredible. That transition from the quiet fade of I Guess to the Wonderful-Christmastime-ass synths on That’s Our Lamp is so goofy I love it lol

 

It's here it's here it's here!!!

 

This album is great, really feels like the most natural progression from Be the Cowboy.

 

I’m borrowing my roommate’s copy.

 

i loved be the cowboy so im stoked to dive into this

 

This might be one of my more unhinged takes but the chorus of stay soft really reminds me of Billy Joel, maybe even a specific song but I can’t place it.

Anyway on my third listen and I love the album.

 

No surprise here, it's really good. Not vibing on Should've Been Me - a bit too haunted carnival for my liking

 

I love some tracks here and can’t stand others

 

this has some great stuff but definitely feels more like a collection of songs than an album, especially compared to her last few records. that’s our lamp feels weird as a closer

 

heat lightning is still my favourite, that song is beyond dreamy

 

Once again she freaked it. I don’t think this touches my favorites from her (Be the Cowboy and BMAMC) but it doesn’t need to. This feels like the album she needed to make after Be the Cowboy, and I’m here for it.

 

Half of this is really great, the other half bored the shit out of me.

 

outside of the only heartbreaker and that's our lamp this did nothing for me. glad it's connecting for so many others though.

 

Should’ve Been Me is so good. I was trying to figure out what it reminds me of and I think it’s a more deranged Me and My Husband.