From more than a decade\u2019s great work, she cultivated a loyal fanbase; then in 2023, thanks in no small part to TikTok\u2019s capricious algorithm, she went from indie darling to bonafide megastar after \u201cMy Love Mine All Mine\u201d and the Land Is Inhospitable LP shot into the stratosphere. Since then it\u2019s been Oscar noms, concern films, and similar major accolades for the singer, so yeah: this record could wind up being something of A Big Deal. <\/p>\n
All of this could add up to immense pressure, but no such desperation is felt on these 11 songs. Part of Mitski\u2019s appeal is that, despite the highly online status of much of her fanbase, she has maintained a mystique, a shroud of intrigue. She conveys an amount of distance on record; she tackles loss and heartbreak aplenty, but with a certain classical reserve. You\u2019re not going to catch her taking a sudden tonal shift to capitalise on a potential influx of fresh eyes \u2013 it\u2019s business as usual. <\/p>\n
In this instance, because we\u2019re dealing here with one of the most fleet footed songwriters of a generation, \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d is no bad thing at all. Opener \u201cIn A Lake\u201d sets out its melancholic stall early, its narrator wallowing in a small town where \u201cyou never get away from your first love \/ It\u2019s like one brand of soap sold in town \/ \u2018Cause anyone you can get close to \/ Smells like your first time around.\u201d Collaborating once again with producer Patrick Hyland, the track builds through folksy squeezebox and banjo chords before at last bursting into full, chaotic, orchestral life. Gear shifts come early and often, the album pelting straight into bouncy, fuzzed out first single \u201cWhere\u2019s My Phone?\u201d <\/p>\n
Those with financial stakes in the LP will be combing for another potential TikTok hit. The delicate, swooning \u201cCats\u201d feels a decent shout, instantly evocative with its gentle Americana twang. And \u201cRules\u201d is a no-brainer, its count-off motifs doing content creators\u2019 jobs for them, its themes of modern romantic horrors giving Dua Lipa by way of music hall-leaning Beatles. The best track, though, \u201cCharon\u2019s Obal\u201d, is also perhaps its most old fashioned. It\u2019s a beautifully produced slice of symphonic pop, the type a Scott Walker or a Dusty Springfield \u2013 a proper classy operator \u2013 would gleefully jump on. <\/p>\n
If the odd long term listener might suggest Nothing’s About To Happen To Me is a touch risk averse, the majority of Mitski fans will be more than satisfied with another serving of seriously good stuff. When you\u2019re consistently serving up brilliantly written songs that sound great and are performed with panache, that\u2019s not a formula, that\u2019s just being very good at your job. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From more than a decade\u2019s great work, she cultivated a loyal fanbase; then in 2023, thanks in no…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-501529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}