Name: Be The Cowboy
Brand: Mitski

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DOC150cd

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-08-17

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Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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656605145020

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DOC150cass

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2021-09-24

656605346472

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Artist

Mitski

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Dead Oceans

IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/idles-joy-as-an-act-of-resistance">Rough Trade Exclusive Orange Vinyl with Bonus CD</a>

Bristol's finest Kings of exquisitely noisy post-punk have plenty of targets in their cross-hairs and they aren't afraid to pull the trigger. Their second album in so many years is lead-man Joe Talbot's sharp take on modern Britain, tackling everything from nationalism to feminism, homophobia to xenophobia, mental health to inherent wealth and toxic masculinity to toxic drugs. But politics and social-commentary is only one facet to IDLES. Their rowdy tunes of hollering and gut-wrenching searing viscerality crowd the speakers for dancefloor decimating space. Building from an ominous growl to a full on howl of exuberant explosively emotive power, this is a finely honed selection of powerful anthems on full tilt.

The Bristolians Joe Talbot, Mark Bowen, Lee Kieran, Adam Devonshire and Jon Beavis employ Space to produce and duo Adam Greenspan and Nick Launay to mix (Arcade Fire/Kate Bush/Yeah Yeah Yeahs).

An age-defining post-Brexit album that cements IDLES as one of the most important bands around. It is recommended listening for everyone in Britain right now, but especially for fans of political post-punk bands Gang of Four, The Fall and Shame, noise rockers Pissed Jeans and Future of the Left as well as anyone who voted remain.

2. White Denim - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/white-denim-performance">Performance</a>

3. Olafur Arnalds - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/olafur-arnalds-re-member">re:member</a>

4. Mitski - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/mitski-be-the-cowboy">Be The Cowboy</a>

5. Nothing - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/nothing-dance-on-the-blacktop">Dance on the Blacktop</a>

6. Anna Calvi - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/anna-calvi-hunter">Hunter</a>

7. Wild Nothing - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/wild-nothing-indigo">Indigo</a>

8. Tunng - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/tunng-songs-you-make-at-night">Songs You Make At Night</a>

9. Our Girl -<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/our-girl-stranger-today"> Stranger Today</a>

10. Her's - <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/her-s-invitation-to-her-s">Invitation to Her's</a>

Albums of the Month - September 2018

Albums of the Year 2018

Mitski's releases Be The Cowboy via Dead Oceans.

The breakout success of 2016’s Puberty 2 saw Mitski hailed as the new vanguard of indie rock, the one to save the genre from the white dudes who’ve historically dominated it. But the often overlooked aspect of being a rising star is the sheer amount of work that goes into it. “I had been on the road for a long time, which is so isolating, and had to run my own business at the same time,” Mitski explains, “a lot of this record was me not having any feelings, being completely spent, but then trying to rally myself and wake up and get back to Mitski. I was feeling really nihilistic and trying to make pop songs.” We want our artists to be strong but we also expect them to be vulnerable. Rather than avoiding this dilemma, she addresses directly the power that comes from appearing impenetrable and loneliness that follows. “With a lot of the romantic infatuations I’ve had,” she says, “when I look back, I wonder, Did I want them or did I want to be them? Did I love them or did I want to absorb whatever power they had? I decided I could just be my own cowboy gure that I so desire.” In Be The Cowboy, Mitski delves into the loneliness of being a symbol and the loneliness of being someone, and how it can feel so much like being no one.