Laurel Hell - Mitski // Album Review
Mitski rejects binaries in ‘Laurel Hell’
set for release via Dead Oceans, Feb. 4
Getting a new Mitski album in 2022 feels surreal. The indie rock star was catapulted to fame following Puberty 2 (2016) and Be the Cowboy (2018). The intensity and size of her following led her to a decision both grueling and necessary: she announced in late 2019 she was taking an indefinite hiatus and fell off the face of the earth.
Mitski took the time between then and now to reconnect with her passion and her name. She’s now reclaiming an identity that was slipping away and deconstructing the mythos that was built around her enigmatic figure. Named after Appalachian flowers that grow out of an inextricable mass of twisted branches from which there’s no escape, Laurel Hell sees Mitski dive deeper into the melancholy-drenched dance pop in which she immersed herself on Be the Cowboy.
Favorites: Valentine's Hell, The Only Heartbreaker, Love Me More, There's Nothing Left For You, Should've Been Me
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