Album: Puberty 2 by Mitski (2016)
Genre: art pop
Record Label: Dead Oceans
Format: Cassette

Description: Puberty is a game of emotional pinball: hormones that surge, feelings that ricochet between exhilarating highs and gut-churning lows. That’s the dizzying, intoxicating experience Mitski evokes on her aptly titled fourth album, a rush of rebel music that touches on riot grrrl, skeletal indie rock, dreamy pop and buoyant punk. Unexpected hooks pierce through the singer/songwriter’s razor-edged narratives—a lilting chorus elevates the slinky, druggy “Crack Baby”, while her sweet sing-song melodies wrestle with hollow guitar to amplify the tension on “Your Best American Girl”.

Artist Background: Mitski is a Japanese-American indie singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, New York. She started her career while studying at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: Lush (2012), and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013). After graduating and moving to New York City, she released her critically acclaimed third album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek (2014), on label Double Double Whammy. In 2016, Mitski released Puberty 2, her fourth album, to... Part of the American music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Related Artists: Fiona Apple, Beabadoobee, Sir Chloe, Black Box Recorder

Music Scene: Part of the American music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: art pop, 2010s, Cassette, Dead Oceans


Puberty is a game of emotional pinball: hormones that surge, feelings that ricochet between exhilarating highs and gut-churning lows. That’s the dizzying, intoxicating experience Mitski evokes on her aptly titled fourth album, a rush of rebel music that touches on riot grrrl, skeletal indie rock, dreamy pop and buoyant punk. Unexpected hooks pierce through the singer/songwriter’s razor-edged narratives—a lilting chorus elevates the slinky, druggy “Crack Baby”, while her sweet sing-song melodies wrestle with hollow guitar to amplify the tension on “Your Best American Girl”.

Puberty 2

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