Perfect synthpop with a few cracks
On the one hand, Mitski remains true to herself on her sixth album because she continues to fuse catchiness and avant-garde, art and mainstream. On the other hand, “Laurel Hell” lets some oxygen behind perfect facades. Thoughtfulness mingles with the synthpop odes about love, suffering and passion. “I used to think I’d be done by twenty”, says “Working For The Knife”,…
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