After honing an 80s-inspired and -influenced indie sound, the solo singer-songwriter Mitski set out across the range with previous album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We. Its rural, rustic aesthetic paired with Mitski’s exploration of love and loss.
“Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's the rotting corpse of Johnny Rotten, stinking to high heaven like some maggot brain from the Bryan Ferry School of Design. Rotten has dubbed his new band Public Image Ltd. PiL's first single ‘Public Image’ sounds like a powerful Pistols' reject. And for making a nyah-nyah statement, the single is sufficient...but an entire album of catcalls is pure self-indulgence.
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