Be The Cowboy

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With a lot of the romantic infatuations I’ve had, when I look back, I wonder, Did I want them or did I want to be them?

Across its sprawling 14 tracks, the record dips in and out of different moods, emotions and genres revealing Mitski's full-range of abilities and a sound that touches on Morrissey as much as it does disco and funk. Likewise the countryish self loathing of 'Lonesome Love', which I guarantee will leave you wanting more. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Not a departure so much as an evolution forward from previous albums, Mitski was careful this time to not include much distorted guitar because “that became something people recognized me for, and I wanted to make sure I didn’t repeat myself or unintentionally create a signature sound. Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description).

The less glamorous, often overlooked aspect of being a rising star is the sheer amount of work that goes into it. They used have something together that is no longer there and they’re trying to relive it in a dance, knowing that they’ll have to go home and go back to their lives.

In Be The Cowboy, Mitski delves into the loneliness of being a symbol and the loneliness of being someone, how it can feel so much like being no one. There is plenty of buoyant swagger on Be The Cowboy, but just as much interrogation into self-mythology. Rather than avoiding this dilemma, she addresses directly the power that comes from appearing impenetrable and loneliness that follows. Be The Cowboy," Mitski 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.

Elsewhere on 'Washing Machine Heart', she enacts the wronged woman seemingly tolerating her partner's infidelity : "Baby though I've closed my eyes, I know who you pretend I am". 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. As usual, all the instruments are played by Mitski and producer Patrick Hyland, save for some spirited horn contributors that do the stomping 'Why Didn't You Stop Me?