overall: really like the changes in this album. mitski for me always felt like a heartbreaking singer to listen to and this feels a lot more melancholy or bittersweet than just,, instant depression when listening so the change is happily welcomed! the album cover is SO CUTE! gives off old timey paintings of cats when they’re so ugly in them but you can’t help but love them because they’re still so endearing in their own way track 01 — in a lake good first song, liked the slow introduction and her voice is always so nice to listen to. really nothing bad to say here. track 02 — where’s my phone? oh wow. i LOVED that intro, the drums were a surprise to this song. but that’s all i really liked about this one. nothing bad to say about it, just feels very meh to me. i like the outro of the song as well. track 03 — cats had to listen to this twice, thanks spotify for not having lyrics. oughhhh this song,,, this song is so so good but so bittersweet. that desperation in having a relationship that you know is so far away from what it used to be… the image of two rescue cats,, oh i’m sobbing. track 04 — if i leave LOVE THE DRUMS? IN THE BEGINNING. feels like such a cry for help, like, the whole song just screams “i don’t know how to exist without you” - someone who’s clinging to a past relationship because they don’t know what life is like without the,. the change halfway through? love love LOVE. track 05 — dead women hoooh boy, rescinding my statements about this album being sad because the start of the song being “would you had liked me better if i’d had died, so you could tell my story the way it ought to be.” is HEARTBREAKING. track 06 — instead of here “i’m not here, i’m where nobody can reach” - THIS LINE OUUUHGGHH. escapism in songs my beloved.. mitski’s way of storytelling through music is so so good and her VOICE is just,,, breathtakingly beautiful. the piano parts are such a nice touch as well. track 07 — i’ll change for you mitski talks about this song being “pathetic, drunk calling their ex, begging for another chance” and omg omg omg auhghhhh. the audio of two people just living their lives together intertwined with the audio. track 08 — rules i like the vibe of this song. the beginning threw me off a bit, i didn’t like it as much at first but i can get used to it. the lyrics are an example of “lyrics being depressing while the beat is more peppy”. i can say i definitely like that change though. track 09 — that white cat while looking at the lyrics for this song, i read just how intertwined these songs are with each other. the callbacks or small details she makes to her previous songs. love what she does with her voice in this one, very different from the other songs in that regard. this song especially has a vibe that reminds me of the crane wives. track 10 — charon’s obol lots of references to animals in this album. cats, dogs, bugs, birds. “those were the dogs owned by the girls, who died in that house” is so similar to i’m your man AUGHHHHSGSH. my favorite song on this album!! track 11 — lightning this song sounds very similar to her past songs, her voice is amazing in every song she does but i especially love it in this one. THE BUILD UP AND RELEASE AT 1:51?? MITSKIIII aughhh, i lied, this might be my favorite track. the instruments are also so beautiful in the background.