Mitski - Laurel Hell We don’t typically look to pop albums to answer our cultural moment,let alone to meet the soul hunger left in the wake of global catastrophe.But occasionally, an artist proves the form more malleable and capaciousthan we knew. With Laurel Hell, Mitski cements her reputation as an artistin possession of such power - capable of using her talent to performthe alchemy that turns our most savage and alienated experiences intothe very elixir that cures them. Her critically beloved last album, Be the Cowboy, built on the breakout acclaim of 2016’s Puberty 2 and launched her from cult favorite to indie star. She ascended amid a fever of national division, and the grind of touring and pitfalls of increased visibilityinfluenced her music as much as her spirit. Like the mountain laurels for this new album is named, public perception, like the intoxicating prism of the internet, can offer an alluring façade that obscures a deadly trap—one that tightens the more you struggle. Exhausted by this warped mirror, and our addiction to false binaries, she began writing songs that stripped away the masks and revealed the complex and often contradictory realities behind them. She wrote many of these songs during or before 2018, while the album finished mixing in May 2021. It is the longest spanof time Mitski has ever spent on a record, and a process that concludedamid a radically changed world. She recorded Laurel Hell with her longtime producer Patrick Hyland throughout the isolation of a global pandemic, during which some of the songs “slowly took on new forms and meanings, like seed to flower.” Sometimes it’s hard to see the changewhen you’re the agent of it, but for the lucky rest of us, Mitski has writtena soundtrack for transformation, a map to the place where vulnerabilityand resilience, sorrow and delight, error and transcendence can all sitwithin our humanity, can all be seen as worthy of acknowledgment, andultimately, love. TracklistingSide A:1. Valentine, Texas2. Working for the Knife3. Stay Soft4. Everyone5. Heat LightningSide B:6. The Only Heartbreaker7. Love Me More8. There’s Nothing Left for You9. Should’ve Been Me10. I Guess11. That’s Our Lamp -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for looking at our listing, below are a few points to consider before making a purchase:- All records we sell are Brand New - pre-orders will normally come sealed but if you are purchasing in stock items, please note the copy may have been unsealed for display in the shop. Please email straight after purchase to enquire if this is of importance to you.- Orders won't ship until all items are released, so keep this in mind when purchasing multiple pre-orders or a mix of in stock and pre-order items.- The 'Product' page will show the most up to date info we have with regards to the item and its release date, but this information is subject to change so check in with us if you have any questions.- We unfortunately don't offer tax/vat outside of the UK via the website so please keep in mind that when the items arrives in your country you may be liable to pay a further charge before delivery. (all UK orders the price you see is the price you will pay). Please also note that we are unable to adjust the declared value on items sold internationally.
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