Mitski – Puberty2 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Forest Shadow vinyl)

Tenth Anniversary edition of the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Bury Me At Makeout Creek’, named after a Simpsons quote and hailed by Pitchfork as “a complex 10-song story [containing] some of the most nuanced, complex and articulate music that’s come from the indiesphere in a while,” ‘Puberty 2’ picks up where it’s predecessor left off. “It’s kind of a two parter,” explains Mitski. “It’s similar in sound, but a direct growth [from] that record.” Musically, there are subtle evolutions: electronic drum machines pulse throughout beneath Pixies-ish guitars, while saxophone lights up it’s opening track. “I had a certain confidence this time. I knew what I wanted, knew what I was doing and wasn’t afraid to do things that some people may not like.”