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Is this the best record of the year? She is definitely a serious candidate: “The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We” is the name of the new album by Mitski, the American indie musician who reinvents herself here as a sad country queen. Jan and Maik are thrilled and explain what makes this album so special. But that’s not all about the sad music: The National’s Sad Dads have also, quite surprisingly, dropped a new album. Here, however, there is less agreement. Who is pro and who is against? And why aren’t midlife crises suitable for pop music? Find out in the new episode of Rolling Stone Weekly.