All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Though she hesitates to go so far as to say she created full-on characters, she reveals she had in mind “ a very controlled icy repressed woman who is starting to unravel. Japanese-American indie-rocker Mitski was once a cult favourite, but in recent times her audience has grown exponentially, helped by the critical praise heaped on her fourth album, 2016's Puberty 2. I had been on the road for a long time, which is so isolating, and had to run my own business at the same time,” Mitski explains, “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.

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Be the Cowboy is simultaneously Mitski’s most and least conventionally pop album to date and the most dramatic pivot in her discography.Wall to wall with 80'S synth doodling, tinkling keys and organ, melodic picking and of course THAT seductive voice, the 14 tracks here would in a sane world make this lady a household name. Be The Cowboy is Mitski's most powerful record yet and is the sound of female resistance, liberation and empowerment! It seems there was just a "bad batch" of this release but if you have issues, just reach out to them. For most of the tracks, we didn’t layer the vocals with doubles or harmonies, to achieve that campy ‘person singing alone on stage’ atmosphere.

Vincent, Mitski does at least share the latter's aptitude on the guitar, and she colours this album with catchy jangling and curt stabs when the fancy takes her. Rather than avoiding this dilemma, she addresses directly the power that comes from appearing impenetrable and loneliness that follows. With a lot of the romantic infatuations I've had," she says, "when I look back, I wonder, Did I want them or did I want to be them? I had been on the road for a long time, which is so isolating, and had to run my own business at the same time," Mitski explains, "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. With a lot of the romantic infatuations I’ve had,” she says, “when I look back, I wonder, ‘Did I want them or did I want to be them?

Because women have so little power and showing emotion is seen as weakness, this 'character' clings to any amount of control she can get. I'm not a musician, so I don't have the vocabulary to specify which qualities I like about the music, but the lyrics are original and compelling, the vocals are unique and spellbinding, the arrangements are creative and the overall production is excellent. In Be The Cowboy, delves into the loneliness of being a symbol and the loneliness of being someone, and how it can feel so much like being no one. 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.