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Mitski

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“The most captivating and enigmatic musician in the indie rock scene” (Rolling Stone), Mitsukis seventh album, *The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We*. Following her previous album *Laurel Hell*, which peaked at No. 5 in the U.S. and No. 6 in the U.K., this new release is the most sonically expansive and grand yet insightful work in her discography. Recorded at BombShelter in East Nashville and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, the album features an orchestra arranged and conducted by Drew Erickson, as well as a full 17-member choir arranged by Mitsuki. For the first time, she felt it was important for the band to record live together in the studio, and she co-produced the album with her longtime producer, Patrick Hyland. This is my most American album, she says; for her, it is a work that feels like a profound act of bearing witness to a country rife with personal sorrow and contradictions. It is an alb