Mitski shares release date for "The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We"

The accompanying video for “Bug Like an Angel”, which was directed by Noel Paul, explores community and an unflinching look at self-destruction.

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We was recorded at both the Bomb Shelter in East Nashville and Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, and incorporates an orchestra arranged and conducted by Drew Erickson, as well as a full choir of 17 people — 12 in Los Angeles and five in Nashville — arranged by Mitski. For the first time, it felt important to Mitski to have a band recording live together in the studio, to create this new sublime sound. The album was created alongside longtime producer Patrick Hyland.

“The best thing I ever did in my life was to love people,” Mitski says. “I wish I could leave behind all the love I have, after I die, so that I can shine all this goodness, all this good love that I’ve created onto other people.” She hopes The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We will continue to shine that love long after she’s gone.

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We is the follow up to Laurel Hell which arrived in 2022.

Tracklist:

1. Bug Like an Angel
2. Buffalo Replaced
3. Heaven
4. I Don’t Like My Mind
5. The Deal
6. When Memories Snow
7. My Love Mine All Mine
8. The Frost
9. Star
10. I’m Your Man
11. I Love Me After You