Mitski‘s breakthrough third album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, came out 10 years ago today (11/11) via Double Double Whammy. In honor of the occasion, she looked back on the release and the time that’s passed since, posting on social media:
Last month I went to see Dave Benton’s band play – Dave did the lower vocals in the chorus of “First Love / Late Spring”. I went to the show with Maggie, who played guitar in my band around the time of Bury Me at Makeout Creek’s release. In Dave’s band was Craig, who was in Japanese Breakfast’s band when we toured together years ago. The whole night I was feeling the great privilege of aging, of getting to keep living and to watch how life unfolds. These people, and me, we all had vaguely similar faces to the kids we were a decade ago, but we were also different people with different lives, all at once. It is so beautiful to live, and to see how things evolve over time, to witness how things turn out. These are the things I was thinking about as we approached the 10 year anniversary of Bury Me. I am so, so grateful to you all for living and growing up with me. Thank you. I love you.
Happy decade to Bury Me at Makeout Creek! Stream it below, and pick it up on vinyl, along with other Mitski records, in the BV shop.
We caught that “years ago” Mitski, Japanese Breakfast, and Jay Som tour in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
Mitski’s most recent album is last year’s The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, our top album of 2023. See pictures from the first of seven NYC shows she played earlier this year below.
