Mitski shares video for new single ‘Nobody’
MITSKI SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘NOBODY’
NEW ALBUM BE THE COWBOY OUT 17 AUGUST VIA DEAD OCEANS
UK TOUR IN SEPTEMBER INCLUDING LONDON’S O2 SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
“Remarkable”
Pitchfork ‘Best New Track’
“Mitski’s probably the most advanced American songwriter that I know”
Iggy Pop
Watch the video for ‘Nobody’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qooWnw5rEcI
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Mitski recently announced her new album Be The Cowboy will be released 17 August via Dead Oceans and shared the album’s lead single ‘Geyser’. Today, she has followed up with ‘Nobody’ and an accompanying video directed by Christopher Good. “We shot this video over five days, in both sides of Kansas City. I’ve never been able to take this much time to shoot a video, so it was wonderful to have the space to get the details right, as well as actually hang out and have fun with everyone involved. This video made me fall unexpectedly in love with Kansas City”.
Mitski’s carefully crafted songs have often been portrayed as emotionally raw, overflowing confessionals from a fevered chosen girl, but in Be The Cowboy, Mitski introduces a persona who has been teased but never so fully present until now—a woman in control. She reveals she had in mind “a very controlled icy repressed woman who is starting to unravel. Because women have so little power and showing emotion is seen as weakness, this ‘character’ clings to any amount of control she can get. Still, there is something very primordial in her that is trying to find a way to get out.”
While recording the album with her long-time producer Patrick Hyland, the pair kept returning to “the image of someone alone on a stage, singing solo with a single spotlight trained on them in an otherwise dark room. For most of the tracks, we didn’t layer the vocals with doubles or harmonies, to achieve that ‘person singing alone on stage’ atmosphere. We also made the music swell louder than the main vocals and left in vocal errors like when my voice breaks in ‘Nobody,’ right when the band goes quiet, all for a similar effect.”
Mitski returns to the UK for a string of dates including London‘s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in September. Full dates are below.
Pre-order Be The Cowboy here:
https://www.musicglue.com/mitski
UK tour dates:
19 Sep – Manchester @ Gorilla
20 Sep – Glasgow @ Saint Luke’s
22 Sep – Dublin @ Tivoli Theatre
24 Sep – Leeds @ Brudnell Social Club
25 Sep – Bristol @ Trinity Arts Centre
26 Sep – London @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
28 Sep – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
29 Sep – Antwerp, BE @ TRIX
1 Oct – Cologne, DE @ Gebäude 9
2 Oct – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord (Tolhuistuin)
4 Oct – Berlin, DE @ Musik & Frieden
5 Oct – Vesterbro, DK @ Vega
6 Oct – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich
Support from EERA
Praise for ‘Geyser’:
“Remarkable”
Pitchfork ‘Best New Track’
“Mitski is back and better than ever”
London In Stereo
“A turbulent outpouring of emotion”
NME ‘Best New Tracks’
“Mitski’s passions come cascading out in ‘Geyser’”
The 405 ‘Track of the Day’
“[Geyser] is every bit as striking as you hoped it would be”
Clash
“’Geyser’ fulfils its titular promise, racing towards euphoric release”
The Guardian
“Delicate and bold at the same time, Mitski’s ‘Geyser’ presents a woman who translates narratives into music impeccably”
The Line of Best Fit
“Iconic”
GoldFlakePaint
“An exciting start for an album which might end up being one of the highlights of the year”
Noisey
“Outstanding lead single ‘Geyser’ captures a moment of intense catharsis, haunting vocals and undulating instrumentals explode with release”
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