Puberty 2

Grandson loves the album. It looks impressive too in white.

Excellent price. Couldn't find cheaper.

i got into mitski in 2022 and really became a fan late last year. i ended up buying this cd for my collection in january and haven’t stopped spinning it since, same goes for her other albums. love the packaging and no damages came which is neat. fav track is your best american girl!

I LOVE it it came early and has amazing quality!

We had to return the first record that was delivered because sound quality was not good, but replaced efficiently with no fuss and the replacement works perfectly. Very happy

Very nice, even if there is something underground that I don't have caught. I need to listen more and more

Having picked up buckets of praise on both sides of the Atlantic, I'm puzzled as to why this album hasn't taken off here or collected more reviews on Amazon. Love 'em or hate 'em the critics are bang on the money with this one, and I'm more than glad to have taken a chance on it. Born in Japan and now residing in New York, Mitski has recorded three albums prior to this one and despite its title, 'Puberty 2 is not a sequel. I think I get where she's coming from though with the second puberty. When you outgrow your first you don't immediately lose all of the angst, the insecurities and disappointment. Alarmingly bookended with what sounds like a scratched c.d. 'Happy' is a case in point, detailing as it does the hollow disillusionment the morning after a one night stand, underlined by stabs of stuttering sax. Mitski's candour throughout this album is astonishing, she's clearly a lady with nothing to hide. On 'Your Best American Girl' the culture clash between oriental girl and western boy is sadly highlighted, "Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me". Apparently written around a true personal incident she continues, "I guess I couldn't help try to be your American girl". 'I Bet On Losing Dogs' and 'My Body's Made Of Crushed Stars' are the type of conversational titles much loved by the likes of Morrissey and David Gedge, the former a heart wrenching number swathed in synths, the latter a punky thrash of doubled up acoustic and fuzz guitars that's in and out like quicksilver. Sounding like a band but actually just Mitski and producer on all instruments, the tracks swing from uptempo wig outs like 'A Loving Feeling' { always probing, always questioning } to the melancholy of 'Crack Baby' { it aint big and it aint clever kids! } I detect traces of St.Vincent, Torres, Beth Jeans Houghton's 'Du Blonde' and even a smidgin of Sharon Van Etten in this music, so if any of those float your boat then I recommend that you climb aboard. Pay off track 'A Burning Hill' has an air of resignation about it, but for all it's heart on sleeve honesty this album soars high and above mere self pity and in it's all too brief 31 minutes, Mitski has delivered a bold and extremely listenable statement. Let us hope that like our own Gemma Ray she's not going to be another fine artist to be ignored and undervalued.

Not exactly reinventing the wheel, its quite standard rock sounding stuff but Mitski has a beautiful voice and is a very good song writer. There are some lovely melodies on this album as well as interesting sounds and composition choices.

Great product and price

Tutto bene grazie mille

todo bien

Un gran disco de una gran artista

ニューヨークを拠点に活動するミュージシャン、ミツキ・ミヤワキの４thアルバム。ピッチフォークをはじめとする音楽メディアがこぞって２０１６年のベストアルバムに選出するなど、本作は非常に高い評価を得ている。 英語版ウィキペディアによると、日本に生まれ、コンゴやマレーシア、中国、トルコを転々として育ったという特殊な経歴の持ち主。それゆえに彼女の音楽は「半分日本人、半分アメリカ人、しかしどちらも十分でない」彼女の文化横断的なアイデンティティの反映であり、所属の問題についての議論である。 ５曲目の「Your Best American Girl」ではそんな彼女の心情がストレートに表現されているように思う。アコースティックなサウンドから、ディストーションギターの轟音とともに爆発するサビはなんともスリリングだ。全体として耳に残るメロディアスな曲が揃っている。曲ごとに表情を変えるボーカルはとても美しい。しかし、７曲目の「My Body's Made Of Crushed Little Stars」に顕著なように、内的な衝動を生のまま表現しようとする感性が、彼女の音楽のコアをなしているのではないかとも感じる。こういうのをオルタナ的感性というのかもしれないが、はっきりわからない。わかるのは、彼女がどんな型にもはまらない、才能に満ちあふれたミュージシャンだということだけだ。