The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We

Description

Sometimes, Mitski says, it feels like life would be easier without hope, soul, or love, but when she closes her eyes and thinks about what truly belongs to her, what cannot be taken away or destroyed, she sees love. Mitski considers her greatest achievement to be having loved people, and she hopes that her new album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, will continue to shine that love long after her death. Listening to it, that’s precisely what you feel: the sensation of a love that haunts the earth. This seventh album is her most American album, and the music feels like a deep act of testimony to the country, in all its private pains and painful contradictions. In this album, which is sonically the most expansive, epic, and wise of Mitski, the songs seem to introduce wounds and then actively heal them. Here, love is a journey through time to bless our tender days, like the light of a distant star. The album is filled with the pain of adulthood, the heartbreaks and seemingly mundane joys that are often overlooked but carry immense weight. It’s a small epic. From the bottom of a glass, to a snow-soaked alley filled with memories, to a freight train crossing the Midwest, and up to the moon, it feels like everything, and everyone, is crying, screaming in pain, arching towards love. Love is this inhospitable land that calls us and then rejects us. Loving this place - this land, this America, this body - requires active work. It may be impossible. The best things are.