Mitski 'Townie' Video Drops; Tour w/ Speedy Ortiz + Screaming Females

NYC-based songwriter extraordinaire Mitski has just announced that she will re-release her breakout record Bury Me At Make Out Creek, April 7th via Don Giovanni Records. This release will mark her joining of the Don Giovanni family and includes special unreleased tracks. In celebration, fans will have new chances to experience Mitski's raw, soul-shaking live show as she tours with Hundred Waters this month and joins Screaming Females and Speedy Ortiz on the road later this spring. With vivid lyrical imagery, buzzed out guitars and evocative vocals, Mitski has created a unique sound built upon her academic musical background, and as she makes the shift from concert hall to DIY venue her new relationship with the storied label will certainly continue to propel the transition.

The already critically-acclaimed Bury Me At Make Out Creek opens with "Texas Reznikoff," a track that starts with soft and sparse acoustic chord progression, which subsequently erupts into a barrage of rib-rattling distortion. "First Love / Last Spring" showcases Mitski's tremulous vocals and melodic-chops supported by a lone baseline before swelling into the sounds of an arpeggiated synthesizer and swelling organ. Meanwhile, standout track "Townie" brings to light the singer-songwriter's dark sense of humor combined with a head-bopping blowout guitar riff. Today, Mitski unveils the animated video companion to "Townie", which truly illuminates the song's meaning.

The "Townie" video was unveiled with FADER
and is available to post and share HERE!

While attending SUNY Purchase and studying music composition, Mitski released two records inspired by orchestral energy and expansive in their own right. The brilliant writer came into her own with 2014's Bury Me At Make Out Creek, immersed in fuzzy guitars, pounding drums, and poetically poignant lyrics, and created a sound all her own. Be sure to catch her live on tour and at SXSW this spring!

National Tour Dates
#= w/ Hundred Waters
%= w/ Screaming Females
&= w/ Speedy Ortiz

3/5: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg #
3/6: Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall #
3/7: Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 #
3/8: Atlanta, GA @ The Earl #
3/10: Miami, FL @ Grand Central #
3/11: St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre #
3/13: Orlando, FL @ Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts #
3/14: Gainesville, FL @ The Woody #
3/16: New Orleans, LA @ Republic #
3/17-21: Austin, TX @ SXSW
4/4: Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes %
4/5: Providence, RI @ Spark City %
4/6: Worcester, MA @ The Firehouse %
4/7: Portland, ME @ Space Gallery %
4/9: Ottawa, ON @ House of TARG %
4/11: Philadelphia, PA @ The Attic Youth Center
4/22: Boston, MA @ The Sinclair &
4/24: Hamden, CT @ The Space &
4/25: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom &
4/26: Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
5/8: Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival

Bury Me At Make Out Creek Track Listing

1. Texas Reznikoff
2. Townie
3. First Love / Last Spring
4. Francis Forever
5. I Don't Smoke
6. Jobless Monday
7. Drunk Walk Home
8. I Will
9. Carry Me Out
10. Last Words Of A Shooting Star
11. Square (live solo piano version)
12. I Want You (live at WNYU the sound between)
13. Francis Forever (live at WYNU the sound between
14. Last Words Of A Shooting Star (live at WNYU the sound between)

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