On the song, “The Deal”, New York’s Mitski’s voice swoops and swoons over an acoustic guitar during the first verse before the chorus brings the orchestral noise… drums sound like galloping wild horses towards the end. Like the album, there is a lot going on in that short burst of sound. Northern residents will know what it’s like for “The Frost” to look like dust on the landscape and shoveling the snow off the driveway like memories being swept away on “When Memories Snow”.
“Sometimes a drink feels like family” Mitski sings on first single “Bug Like An Angel”, a track where a choir bursts in to punctuate key points. “My Love Mine All Mine” is a love song to the love she feels inside. Country tinges songs like the aforementioned “The Frost” and on “Heaven” where “something set free is running through the night”. Mitski’s seventh studio album is a quiet album, raw at times, but one that is full of power and emotion.
8.5/10
The Light Appears 