Mitski "Laurel Hell" Lillingtons while tracks like "House on

while tracks like "House on Fire" and "Politics of Love" are more personal

Johnny Kelly

"Better Things"

with groups like Black Flag

The musicians summoned the same rock spirit

Mitski "Laurel Hell" Lillingtons while tracks like "House onWe dont typically look to pop albums to answer our cultural moment, let alone to meet the soul hunger left in the wake of global catastrophe. But occasionally, an artist proves the form more malleable and capacious than we knew. With Laurel Hell, Mitski cements her reputation as an artist in possession of such power capable of using her talent to perform the alchemy that turns our most savage and alienated experiences into the very elixir that cures