Bury Me at Makeout Creek

**Bury Me at Makeout Creek** (also stylised as *bury me at makeout creek*) is the third album by American artist Mitski, released originally on Double Double Whammy on November 11th 2014. The album was reissued with four new bonus tracks on April 7th 2015 through Don Giovanni Records. In 2016, the album was released under Mitski's new label Dead Oceans.

## Background

The sound of the album is starkly different to her first self released albums *Lush* and *Retired from Sad, New Career in Business*; where the self released albums incorporated piano and orchestral elements *Bury Me at Makeout Creek* is more guitar focused, in an indie rock style. Talking about the creation of the album in interviews, Mitski has expressed that she realized she wanted her next album to be more suited towards live performance in the indie rock and punk scene she was involved in, as well as wanting to "have fun" more with its creation.

Mitski learned to play and write songs on guitar for *Bury Me at Mkaour Creek*, having previously only played piano and drums, and the album was recorded in houses and makeshift studios.

## Singles

* *First Love/Late Spring* - May 15th 2014, along with announcement that Mitski had joined the Double Double Whammy label and would release a record later that year

* *Townie* - September 16th 2014, along with official album announcement

* *I Don't Smoke* - September 29th 2014

* *I Will* - October 21st 2014

## Music Videos

Two music videos were released for *Townie*:

* The first, directed by Allyssa Yohana, premiered on *Rookie* on November 9th, 2014
* The second, directed by Faye Orlove, premiered on *The Fader* on March 9th, 2015

## Critical Reception

*Bury Me* *at Makeout Creek* has a score of 74/100 based on 3 aggregated critic reviews on Metacritic, indicating generally favourable reviews. It did not receive any notable awards.

## Physical Releases

*Bury Me at Makeout Creek* was first released on vinyl and CD by Double Double Whammy in 2014 with the first pressing being on white vinyl followed by a baby blue pressing in 2015, after that a "deluxe" edition was re-issued in 2016 by Don Giovanni Records on both CD and a dark blue vinyl which included a download code for the four bonus tracks and a limited t-shirt only available to those who preordered the album. After Mitski signed onto Dead Oceans *Bury Me* *at Makeout Creek* was re-issued on standard black vinyl and CD. In 2018 a Vinyl Me Please exclusive translucent blue vinyl was released limited to 1000 copies (also sold in a bundle with a poster) for the release of *Be The Cowboy*. In 2019 a blue with black smoke vinyl (originally limited to 250 copies however, 150 additional copies would be pressed), a crystal clear vinyl (limited to 250 copies) and a coke bottle clear vinyl (limited to 250 copies) were released by Newbury Comics. On May 13th 2022 a clear cassette varient were released exclusively through Retrospekt. On July 26th 2023 a Urban Outfitters exclusive gold vinyl (limited to 5000 copies) was released.

Back coverCDStandard black vinylClear CassetteWhite vinylBaby blue vinylDark blue vinylTranslucent blue vinylBlue with black smoke vinylClear vinylCoke bottle clear vinylUrban Outfitters exclusive gold vinyl
## Credits

### Personnel

* Mitski - music, performance, album art
* Patrick Hyland - production, mastering, guest vocals, performance
* Patrick Linehan - performance
* Will Prinzi - performance
* Dave Benton - guest vocals
* John Molfetas - guest vocals
* Mastered at Acme Studios

## Trivia

* *Francis Forever* was used in the episode "The Music Hole" of popular animated TV show Adventure Time
* The title of the album is a quote from Milhouse in the Simpsons episode "Faith Off"
* *First Love/Late Spring* is one of two Mitski songs to feature lyrics in Japanese- "胸がはち切れそうで" (or, "Mune ga hachikire-sōde"), meaning “my heart seems like it’s going to burst”
* Mitski had never screamed in the studio before *Drunk Walk Home*, saying "I remember I did an initial take of screams and they were pretty tame because I was shy, and then the recording engineer stood up and said, 'Let me try,' and did a set of screams that were better, and I was like, 'Oh, OK fucker, watch this,' and did the screams on the record."
* *Last Words of a Shooting Star* was recorded in producer Patrick Hyland's kitchen with the windows open; the hissing noise audible throughout the song was rain outside.
* The window photograph on the album cover was taken by Chris Downer. The address of the building is 20-28 Cotlands Rd, Bournemouth BH1 3NJ, UK.
	+ The photograph is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0, which requires attribution of the author. Despite this, Chris Downer is never attributed anywhere in any release of the album.
* The text in the album cover is in the *Microsoft Himalaya* font, and it is double-spaced (`bury  me  at  make  out  creek`).

## References

1. ↑ https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski
2. ↑ https://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview
3. ↑ https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news/
4. ↑ https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski
5. ↑ https://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke
6. ↑ https://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski
7. ↑ https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/23112-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek.php
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14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230821204110/https://www.newburycomics.com/products/mitski-bury\_me\_at\_makeout\_creek\_exclusive\_lp\_crystal?variant=28228907335785
15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230821203944/https://www.newburycomics.com/products/mitski-bury\_me\_at\_makeout\_creek\_exclusive\_lp\_glass?variant=28228910514281
16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220916190653mp\_/https://retrospekt.com/products/mitski-bury-me-at-make-out-creek-cassette-tape
17. ↑ https://genius.com/Mitski-first-love-late-spring-lyrics
18. ↑ https://rollingstoneindia.com/10-new-artists-need-know-february-2015/7/
19. ↑ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mitski-miyawaki-bury-lush-retired-brooklyn-malaysia-sulpizio-interview/Content?oid=18028912
20. ↑ https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/617528