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Nu Music Monday #59 / 07-02-2021
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I’m Red, and welcome to Nu Music Monday. Glad to have you here.
Every week I share my favorite tracks released in the past seven days (-ish). I also go into the latest music news when I feel like it and share stuff I think is worth your time.
This week, some new otherworldly Mitski and ROSALÍA!
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Mitski - Laurel Hell
Mitski rejects binaries in ‘Laurel Hell’
Getting a new Mitski album in 2022 feels surreal. The indie rock star was catapulted to fame following Puberty 2 (2016) and Be the Cowboy (2018). The intensity and size of her following led her to a decision both grueling and necessary: she announced in late 2019 she was taking an indefinite hiatus and fell off the face of the earth.
Mitski took the time between then and now to reconnect with her passion and her name. She’s now reclaiming an identity that was slipping away and deconstructing the mythos that was built around her enigmatic figure. Named after Appalachian flowers that grow out of an inextricable mass of twisted branches from which there’s no escape, Laurel Hell sees Mitski dive deeper into the melancholy-drenched dance pop in which she immersed herself on Be the Cowboy.
Full review over in Riff Magazine.
Track of the week: SAOKO - ROSALÍA
Runner-Up 1: Skin Tight - Ravyn Lenae (feat. Steve Lacy)
Runner-Up 2: HAZY - Kyle Dion, Tkay Maidza
Runner-Up 3: Next To Me - Jim-E Stack, Lucky Daye
Kissing Lessons - Lucy Dacus
Jobi - Seb Wildblood
fiimy (fuck it, i miss you) - Winnetka Bowling League, Demi Lovato
Softly - Arlo Parks
Silver Into Rain - Luna Li, beabadoobee
Especially You - Wallows
John Woo Flick - Conway the Machine (with Benny The Butcher, Westside Gunn)
Do We Have A Problem? - Nicki Minaj, Lil Baby
Hate Our Love - Queen Naija (with Big Sean)
More, more, more
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January faves over here.
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