Mitski

Mitski
Birth name Mitski Miyawaki
Born (1990-09-27) September 27, 1990
Japan
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer/songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano
Years active 2012–present
Labels Dead Oceans,[1] Don Giovanni Records, Double Double Whammy
Website mitski.com

Mitski is a New York-based indie rock performer, who has released four albums, with her most recent, Puberty 2, in June 2016.[2]

Career

While studying at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music, Mitski self-released her first and second albums; Lush (2012) and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013). She Trained in studio composition at SUNY Purchase . After graduating from SUNY Purchase, Mitski moved to New York City where she wrote and recorded her third studio album Bury Me at Makeout Creek.

Released November 11, 2014 by Double Double Whammy, Bury Me at Makeout Creek garnered critical acclaim from publications such as Pitchfork Media,[3] NME,[4] Rolling Stone[5] and The New York Times.[6] Mitski was named one of "10 Artists You Need to Know" by Rolling Stone.[7]

In June 2016 she released the album Puberty 2; it was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in Westchester (owned by Peter Denenberg), and produced by Patrick Hyland. Patrick Hyland, Mistki’s only collaborator to date.[8]Puberty 2 received an 8.5 and Best New Music on pitchfork."There is, of course, a very simple rule for pattern-mixing: there must be unity in the color palette. Mitski’s very Mitski-ness is what holds Puberty 2 together. This quality is not relegated simply to her wry and articulate lyrics, staggering and sharp as many of them are. I can’t imagine mistaking a Mitski song for another’s, and it’s in large part because of her voice, which stretches through different modes—deadpan disenfranchisement, smooth R&B, dream-pop croon, gasping-for-breath pleas, wall of harmonies (with herself). Yet she fully harnesses every voice on the album, guiding us through emotional terrain only she knows by heart." Puberty also scored an 87 through metascore universal acclaim.

On November 1st 2016 she made an Honorary vixen of the Harvard Lampoon, an undergraduate humor publication founded in 1876 by seven undergraduates at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To receive this award she went through a required a secret initiation ceremony.

The song "Francis Forever" from her third studio album, was covered by Marceline the Vampire Queen at the episode "The Music Hole" from Adventure Time.

Personal life

Mitski is biracial,[9] and she was born in Japan and grew up surrounded by her mother's 1970s pop CDs. Her family moved frequently, from Japan to the Democratic Republic of Congo to Malaysia to China to Turkey, among other countries, before coming to New York City.[10] Her music reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American, but not fully either," and discusses issues of belonging.[11] Mitski has stated that she is uncomfortable with the attention that comes with being in the public eye and prefers keeping her personal life private.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

References

  1. ↑ "Mitski". Dead Oceans. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  2. ↑ Breihan, Tom (2016-06-09). "Stream Mitski Puberty 2". Stereogum. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  3. ↑ "Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review". Pitchfork. 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  4. ↑ "Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will'". NME. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  5. ↑ "Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review". Rolling Stone. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  6. ↑ "Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory". The New York Times. 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  7. ↑ "10 Artists You Need To Know: February 2015". Rolling Stone. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  8. ↑ "Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2". 8 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Min, Lilian (2016-06-16). "Mitski's New Album "Puberty 2" Hits All the Sad, Sweet Spots". Bitch Media. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  10. ↑ Moss, Emma-Lee (2016-06-20). "Mitski: 'Why is it so hard to understand that I'm in control?'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  11. ↑ "Latest News : Puberty 2". Mitski.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  12. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (2016-06-02). "Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  13. ↑ "LUSH | Mitski". Mitski.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  14. ↑ "Retired from Sad, New Career in Business | Mitski". Mitski.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  15. ↑ "Mitski". Mitski.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

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