Name: Laurel Hell
Brand: Mitski

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DOC250LP-C1

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Colour

Colour details

Opaque Red

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Discogs ID

[r21999928]

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

LP++

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-02-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

656605155036

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

DOC250LP

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Black

Extended format: No

656605155012

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Bonus disc: Yes

DOC250CD

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Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

With Bonus Four Track CD.

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656605155029

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes / Signed copies: No

DOC-250JLP

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White

Marbled Vinyl

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Japanese RSD Edition.

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2022-04-23

Lasgo

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

DOC250CASS

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Tape

656605155005

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1 / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / Tape

Artist

Mitski

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Dead Oceans

Albums of the Year So Far 2022

Dead Oceans is a US label based in Bloomington, Indiana. Established in 2007 by Ben Swanson, Chris Swanson, Darius Van Arman, and Phil Waldorf, it is closely affiliated with Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar. This label has become the home for renowned artists such as Mitski, Kevin Morby, Phoebe Bridgers, Khruangbin, and Slowdive.
With its roots deeply intertwined with other successful labels like Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans has established itself as a prominent force in the music industry since its inception in 2007. Founded by Ben Swanson, Chris Swanson, Darius Van Arman, and Phil Waldorf alongside Austin-based collaborator Phil Waldorf; this label continues to nurture exceptional talent.
The roster of Dead Oceans boasts an impressive lineup of diverse musicians who have gained recognition worldwide. Artists such as Mitski with her emotionally charged songs, Kevin Morby's introspective melodies, Phoebe Bridgers' hauntingly beautiful tunes, the mesmerizing sounds of Khruangbin and the ethereal shoegaze revivalists Slowdive all call Dead Oceans their current musical home.

Vinyl variants, bonus material and signed editions exclusively available from Rough Trade.

Mitski Miyawaki is a New York based indie rock performer. Born in Japan as Mitsuki Laycock on September 27, 1990, she has gained recognition for her unique and powerful musical style.
With her emotionally charged lyrics and captivating stage presence, Mitski has become a prominent figure in the indie music scene. Her music explores themes of identity, love, and personal growth, resonating with listeners around the world.
Having released several critically acclaimed albums, including "Be the Cowboy" and "Bury Me at Makeout Creek," Mitski continues to push boundaries with her innovative sound. Her raw talent and honest storytelling make her an artist worth listening to.

Albums of the Year 2022

Albums of the Year Exclusives 2022

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We don’t 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 them. Her critically beloved last album, Be the Cowboy, built on the breakout acclaim of 2016’s Puberty 2 and launched her from cult favourite to indie star. She ascended amid a fever of national division, and the grind of touring and pitfalls of increased visibility influenced her music as much as her spirit.

Like the mountain laurels for this new album is named, public perception, like the intoxicating prism of the internet, can offer an alluring façade that obscures a deadly trap - one that tightens the more you struggle. Exhausted by this warped mirror, and our addiction to false binaries, she began writing songs that stripped away the masks and revealed the complex and often contradictory realities behind them. She wrote many of these songs during or before 2018, while the album finished mixing in May 2021. It is the longest span of time Mitski has ever spent on a record, and a process that concluded amid a radically changed world. 

She recorded Laurel Hell with her longtime producer Patrick Hyland throughout the isolation of a global pandemic, during which some of the songs “slowly took on new forms and meanings, like seed to flower.” Sometimes it’s hard to see the change when you’re the agent of it, but for the lucky rest of us, Mitski has written a soundtrack for transformation, a map to the place where vulnerability and resilience, sorrow and delight, error and transcendence can all sit within our humanity, can all be seen as worthy of acknowledgment, and ultimately, love.

Laurel Hell

Music GB

Discover Laurel Hell by Mitski on vinyl, tape, and CD. Limited edition formats available exclusively at Rough Trade. A transformative album that explores vulnerability and resilience. Label: Dead Oceans.