Mitski: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

August 31, 2015by BOB BOILEN Watching Mitski perform at my desk, there are moments when I was worried for her. In her opening song, Townie, the boys are driving and they ll be drinking and a verse later, Mitski sings of love in ways that feel vengeful, not fruitful. And I want a love that falls as fast As a body from the balcony, and I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground I m holding my breath with a baseball bat Though I don t know what I m waiting for I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be Moments later, she holds her guitar high with her mouth close to the pickup, which acts like a microphone as she screams to her mother for help: Mom, would you wash my back This once, and then we can forget And I ll leave what I m chasing For the other girls to pursue Mom, am I still young Can I dream for a few months more Then, she closes with a song of dying in the hope of leaving a tidy room and being wellregarded when they come get her things. If it all sounds depressing, it