Nothing’s About To Happen To Me

Mitski - Nothing’s About to Happen to Me
Review by Soup of the Day / Aliza (first time reviewing, feedback appreciated)
Similar to: Lana Del Rey, Japanese Breakfast, Phoebe Bridgers

Storytelling through her interesting and thought-provoking lyrics, Mitski incorporates slide guitar, strings, and other bluegrass and country influences into her eighth album. She invokes feelings of mystery, angst, longing, and more through this release. She takes inspiration from sounds of the 70s and captures the same ominousness as an episode of Twin Peaks.

Favorite tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9
FCC: 5

1. In A Lake: slow ballad with vocals, banjo plucks, accordion, and acoustic guitar chords, bluegrass instruments, loud ending
2. Where’s My Phone?: distorted scratchy guitar, fuzzed vocals, loud, ominous, screeching, ripping guitar solo and warping out ending
3. Cats: gentle, country-inspired ballad, quiet and soft vocals with slide guitar
4. If I Leave: dark, plucking distorted guitar tones, loud, desperate vocals in chorus
5. (FCC WARNING) Dead Women: slow, sweeping strings, dark chord progression
6. Instead of Here: soft and gentle, ballad with guitar and piano, sad organ
7. I’ll Change For You: slow ballad, folksy, with samples intertwined, sweeping strings, flute
8. Rules: upbeat and twangy, louder vocals with slide guitar and organ, fun instrumental section with clarinet solo and brass
9. That White Cat: twangy electric guitar riff, tense buildup, cowboy showdown vibe
10. Charon’s Obol: acoustic and slide guitar, gentle vocal with background humming vocals, with fiddle solo
11. Lightning: starts with twangy acoustic slow and transitions to scratchy heavy distorted sound, similar to track 2