Ask Mitski Miyawaki about happiness and she'll warn you: "Happiness fucks you." It's a lesson that's been writ large into the New Yorker's gritty, outsider-indie for years, but never so powerfully as on her newest album, 'Puberty 2'. "Happiness is up, sadness is down, but one's almost more destructive than the other," she says. "When you realise you can't have one without the other, it's possible to spend periods of happiness just waiting for that other wave." On 'Puberty 2', that tension is palpable: a both beautiful and brutal romantic hinterland, in which one of America's new voices hits a brave new stride. Tracklist: Happy Dan the Dancer Once More to See You Fireworks Your Best American Girl I Bet on Losing Dogs My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars Thursday Girl A Loving Feeling Crack Baby A Burning Hill UPC: 656605142319Label: Dead OceansRelease Date: 6.17.16Format: Vinyl
