Be The Cowboy

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Like the character Mitski urges us to be in the album title, she can proudly leave town and head off into the sunset with her head held high.

Mitski Miyawaki has always been wary of being turned a symbol, knowing we’re quick to put women on pedestals and even quicker to knock them down.

For most of the tracks, we didn't layer the vocals with doubles or harmonies, to achieve that campy 'person singing alone on stage' atmosphere. 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.

Because women have so little power and showing emotion is seen as weakness, this 'character' clings to any amount of control she can get. In '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.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. There is plenty of buoyant swagger to the album, but just as much interrogation into self-mythology. Vincent, Mitski does at least share the latter's aptitude on the guitar, and she colours this album with catchy jangling and curt stabs when the fancy takes her.

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. In 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. Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Juno Media Limited acts as a broker and offers finance from PayPal credit. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.

I'm not a musician, so I don't have the vocabulary to specify which qualities I like about the music, but the lyrics are original and compelling, the vocals are unique and spellbinding, the arrangements are creative and the overall production is excellent. Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). And once we’ve found that gem of a record, we do everything we can to help you appreciate the music. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. 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.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. Her carefully crafted songs have often been portrayed as emotionally raw, overflowing confessionals from a fevered chosen girl, but in her fifth album, 'Be The Cowboy', Mitski introduces a persona who has been teased but never so fully present until now—a woman in control.