LUSH is the debut album from Japanese-American singer-songwriter Mitski, self-released in January 2012. It was recorded throughout 2010-12 while she studied at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music.

Mitski described LUSH as being made by "someone who simply wrote her feelings and didn’t think about how her narrative was being conveyed" describing a version of herself as "long gone now".

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bxlinmxreno

mitski's debut album lush is an impossible work that bends and breaks the constraints of 21st century singer-songwriter pop. it's certainly possible she will never be able to top this album. its rawness and emotional honest lyrics paired with its gritty lo-fi production is a match made in heaven that i wish she would embrace more in her contemporary work. LUSH !!!!!!!!!!

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jimmylikesmusic

I didn't have much expectations going into Lush, my feelings on Mitski's music can be a little mixed sometimes, both albums that I've heard from her were both incredibly inconsistent, I've never really cared for her vocals, and her songwriting never really did anything for me or made me feel anything. With that being said, all of those things that I just mentioned that I usually dislike about her work are all my favorite things about this album. I love every song on this project, Mitski's ... read more

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mifflemadeofgin

Mitski's "Lush" feels hard to listen to, in the sense that it feels like such an intimate experience, I feel like through her poetry I can see a part of her life. It's heartbreaking, it's sad, it's solemn. It requires silence. The lyrics are the equivalent of what I thought I was writing at fourteen, locked in my room thinking about my inevitable anguish, however; her lyrics go beyond fulfilling their purpose without losing coherence in the middle.

It is grotesque and delicate at the ... read more

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waterbakey

Very solid album. It's short and concise, so it never outstays its welcome, but that also makes it so that a lot of the songs don't really feel like they achieve their full potential. I felt a little empty after most of them. Still, they're very good songs and wonderfully simple. The piano is beautiful and it makes the electric guitar on Brand New City hit so hard. I also love Mitski's vocals and the distortion on some of the tracks. Bag of Bones, Door and Pearl Diver all fade into each other, ... read more