Mitski -  Nothings About to Happen to Me

As if anything else could be album of the month when Mitski has released new material. As if it would not get five stars. This concept album from one of the greatest songwriters of our time is all about a woman who moves to a new home, and ends up dishevelled and confused. A hoarder. A fantastic concept, fusing gothic with domestic, delivered poetically.

When “Where’s My Phone” was released in January, it came with such a buzz. It sounded like nothing we had ever heard before. Somehow both blissful and nightmarish, the track represents a narrator teetering off the edge of madness, echoing out into those final haunting, messy guitar riffs. Mitski is one of those artists that always challenges herself, while unfailingly delivering the content her fans desire. If you love Mitski’s sad songs, there are plenty on here, but also some beautiful, ornate instrumental progressions, put to the backdrop of her aching, lullaby voice. Second single “I’ll Change For You” is the same Mitski that broke big on TikTok with “My Love Mine All Mine”. She can do sad songs better than pretty much anybody else. Rarely does an album get better as it goes along, but maybe this is one you have to bed into, albeit one you know, from the opening track “In A Lake”, you want to revisit again and again. “The White Cat” is a highlight, with its lyrics about the house no longer belonging to the owner, but belonging to the housecat, and the birds and bugs it kills. “Rules” is effervescent and charming, and will inevitably go down a storm at the Tansy House live events, in both listening parties and concert shows over the coming months, including an exclusive performance at the Royal Albert Hall. You just know she will deliver.