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Mitski has moved away from the gentle folk style of her previous album, continuing her previous creative approach to produce an American folk release that reclaims elements of indie rock. As a musician who has already surprised us with her songwriting, this comeback seems to show a slight sense of fatigue. The entire album oscillates between weightless dullness and impactful collisions, relying on her previously demonstrated high-level songwriting to deliver a work that is unlikely to disappoint. Perhaps we should no longer demand too much from such an accomplished musician. Everyone has their own musical spectrum, and Mitski’s simply diverges slightly from that of us listeners. Who is to say what the standard should be?
mitski摆脱了上张专辑中温润的民谣手笔，沿用以前的创作思路，创作出了一张重拾了独立摇滚元素的American folk发行。作为一个在词曲创作上已经给我们很多惊喜的音乐人来说，这次的回归似乎显出了略微的疲态，整张专辑在失重的沉闷与有份量的撞击中摇摆，依靠着以往展现出的songwriting高超水平交出了并不会出什么差错的答卷。也许我们不应该再对这样已有不小成就的音乐人要求什么，每个人都有属于自己的音乐光谱，而mitski的与我们听众之间的有些许偏差罢了，谁又是标准的那个呢。