- indie rock, rock, alternative rock
- 33 min
- 13 tracks
- Dead Oceans
Laurel Hell is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mitski, released on February 4, 2022, through Dead Oceans. Patrick Hyland produced the album, which has been characterized as a record blending synth-pop, indie pop and electronic rock styles. According to Mitski, the album title is a folk term for being trapped in thickets of laurel that grow in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
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Character
Character-led, contemporary, grave and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 83/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB−
- The Daily Telegraph4/5 ★
- DIY4.5/5 ★
- Exclaim!9/10
- The Independent4/5 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- The Observer5/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.8/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Valentine, Texas2:35
- 2Working for the Knife2:39
- 3Stay Soft3:16
- 4Everyone3:47
- 5Heat Lightning2:52
- 6The Only Heartbreaker3:05
- 7Love Me More3:33
- 8There’s Nothing Left for You2:53
- 9Should’ve Been Me3:12
- 10I Guess2:15
- 11That’s Our Lamp2:25
- 12グライド (Lily Chou-Chou)
- 13Valentine, Texas (demo version)
13 tracks, 33 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mitski
- Label
- Dead Oceans
- Released
- February 4, 2022
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- JP
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