Mitski – Be The Cowboy - LP

Where have all the cowboys gone? Be The Cowboy finds Mitski Miyawaki examining the expectations we have for artists to be beaming and strong but still vulnerable, an expectation she found rather exhausting after the success of 2016’s Puberty 2: “A lot of this record was me not having any feelings, being completely spent, but then trying to rally myself and wake up and get back to Mitski. I was feeling really nihilistic and trying to make pop songs.” Lead single “Geyser” finds Mitski’s porcelain-like vocals and uplifting piano vamps fighting against a bed of electronic glitches and brooding synth strings, before all the uncertainty and vulnerability is swept away by an enormous crescendo of drums and guitars announcing Mitski as indie’s new vanguard. The rest of the LP finds her charismatic balladry coupled with dense piano, guitar and drum arrangements, accentuated with electronic textures courtesy of longtime co-producer Patrick Hyland.

Tracklist

A1 Geyser
A2 Why Didn't You Stop Me?
A3 Old Friend
A4 A Pearl
A5 Lonesome Love
A6 Remember My Name
A7 Me And My Husband
B1 Come Into The Water
B2 Nobody
B3 Pink In The Night
B4 A Horse Named Cold Air
B5 Washing Machine Heart
B6 Blue Light
B7 Two Slow Dancers