''Lush'' (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by Japanese-American musician

Mitski Mitski Miyawaki (born Mitsuki Laycock; September 27, 1990), known professionally by the mononym Mitski, is a Japanese-born American singer-songwriter. Mitski self-released her first two albums, '' Lush'' (2012) and '' Retired from Sad, New Caree ...

. Mitski self-released the album on January 31, 2012 as her junior year project at

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. It was mixed by Scot Moriarty.

Critical reception

In a career retrospective following her 2018 studio album ''

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'', Jesse Herb of

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said that the album "plays out like a beautiful stream of consciousness" and praised Mitski's poetic lyricism.

Music style

The album is primarily a

chamber pop Chamber pop (or Chamber rock; also called baroque pop and sometimes conflated with orchestral pop or symphonic pop) is a music genre that combines rock music with the intricate use of string section, strings, horn section, horns, piano, and voca ...

album, with elements of

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and punk rock.

Track listing

In July 2022 the track listing on streaming services was modified to match the original Bandcamp version, with ''Real Men'' placed at the end of the album.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2012 debut albums Mitski albums Self-released albums Lo-fi music albums Chamber pop albums Folktronica albums Dark ambient albums