In her single ‘Townie’ (streaming) – from upcoming debut LP ‘bury me at makeout creek‘ – Brooklyn based pop/rock muse Mitski sings about parties with no return, and her intention not to fulfill her dad’s dreams. She sounds like an early PJ Harvey with a fuller sound: inspired, careless and full of life. The second track available for streaming – ‘first love/late spring‘ – is instead a ballad that catapults us back to the 60s, and those elegant love songs sung by charming crooners, even though the arrangement here could have been created by The Pixies from the ‘Bossanova’ period. These are noteworthy tunes for such a young artist, and they make us look forward to the album release, scheduled for November. In the meantime, don’t miss Mitski live at Baby’s All Right on September 24.
