Mitski "Laurel Hell" COLOR:OPAQUE RED Oregon during the summer of

Oregon during the summer of 2020 - against a backdrop of social unrest

This record chronicles a series of upheavals

That was kind of a mission statement for the album" offered Danielle HAIM

" explains Flegel

and five previously unreleased live tracks recorded at The Mranch

Mitski "Laurel Hell" COLOR:OPAQUE RED Oregon during the summer ofWe dont typically look to pop albums to answer our cultural moment, let alone to meet the soul hunger left in the wake of global catastrophe. But occasionally, an artist proves the form more malleable and capacious than we knew. With Laurel Hell, Mitski cements her reputation as an artist in possession of such power capable of using her talent to perform the alchemy that turns our most savage and alienated experiences into the very elixir that cures