Mitski "Puberty 2" Backorder and Stephin Merritt of Magnetic

and Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields

" "Leavin' Here" and more

He is also the drummer and co-founder of the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures

Some of these tracks haven't seen the light of day since Sub Pop released them through their brilliant singles club

Mitski "Puberty 2" Backorder and Stephin Merritt of MagneticAsk Mitski Miyawaki about happiness and she'll warn you: "Happiness fucks you." It's a lesson that's been writ large into the New Yorker's gritty, outsider indie for years, but never so powerfully as on her newest album, 'Puberty 2'. "Happiness is up, sadness is down, but one's almost more destructive than the other," she says. "When you realise you can't have one without the other, it's possible to spend periods of happiness just waiting for that