Mitski Miyawaki’s fifth studio album Be the Cowboy is the one that brought her to international fame. The Japanese-American exhibits great subtlety in her production and arrangement choices, and stands out for the intelligence of her topics, her obvious literary refinement, her array of lowbrow resources (indie rock, art pop, new wave, psych-folk), her talent as a melodist — in short, her vision as a songwriter. This is one of the strongest female voices in indie rock and Anglo-American pop culture.
