Retired from Sad, New Career in Business

**Retired from Sad, New Career in Business** is the second, self-released, album by American artist Mitski, released on August 1, 2013.

## Background

Mitski wrote, recorded, and released the album while studying at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music. The album has not yet had any form of physical release, but is available for streaming and download.

During the recording of *Retired from Sad, New Career in Business*, Mitski made use of the student orchestra at Purchase College, incorporating orchestral instrumentation into many tracks.

## Tracklist

*As listed on Spotify. From sometime later, the tracks are listed according to the Bandcamp listing.*

## Music videos

All nine songs on the album have music videos released in a series available on Mitski's *YouTube* channel, numbered as follows:

* 1) **Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart** - June 24, 2013, animated by Ryan Galloway
* 2) **Shame** - July 2nd 2013, shot and edited by Alan Wertz and starring Kevis Hillocks
* 3) Strawberry Blond - July 10ᵗʰ 2013, shot by Jovon Outlaw and Heather Barcelo, edited by Jovon Outlaw
* 4) **Humpty** - July 17th 2013, shot by Jovon Outlaw and Heather Barcelo, edited by Jovon Outlaw
* 5) **Class of 2013** - July 24th 2013, shot and edited by Jovon Outlaw
* 6) **I Want You** - August 8th 2013, shot and edited by Jovon Outlaw, featuring Angelina Torreano and Mitski
* 7) Square - August 19ᵗʰ 2013, shot by Jovon Outlaw and Heather Barcelo, edited by Jovon Outlaw
* 8) **Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear** - August 22nd 2013, shot and edited by Heather Barcelo
* 9) **Circle** - August 29th 2013, shot and edited by Alan Wertz

## Critical reception

*Retired from Sad* did not get awarded or reviewed by any major publications, but received favorable reviews from smaller publications. Being described as "touching, at times kooky, and all-around astounding."

## Personnel

Vocals, Piano, additional Drums, Guitar - Mitski

Acoustic, Electric, Bass guitars - Will Prinzi

Drums - Mike Rasimas

Gang vocals - Sean Mcverry, Eli Wolf-Christensen

Mandolin - Eli Wolf-Christensen

Violin - Kenneth "Kenny" Trotter, Sarah Wolffe, Michael Mandrin

Viola - Sophie Dolamore, Naseer François Ashraf

Cello - Elise Linder

Upright Bass - Pete Olynciw, Kevin Schmidt

Flute ("bad ass") - Julie Yeaeun Lee

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet - Andrew Cowie

Trumpet - John Cummings, Jerome Burns

Cornet - Jerome Burns

Trombone - Rich Liverano

French Horn - Cristian Uraga

Recorded by Trevor Fedele and Patrick Hyland. Mastered by Patrick Hyland. Orchestrated by Scott Interrante. Cover design by Emily Grigsby and photography by Jade Greene.

## Photoshoot by Jade Greene (2013)

* The pictures were taken during a drag show on Purchase College's campus. On the cover, we can see Pixel (fka: Pixie Doll). Mitski later asked Jade if she could use them for the album.
* All of the pictures are in medium quality, unless stated otherwise.

## Trivia

* On Mitski's Bandcamp page, the tracklist is given as:

* Shame was originally written for Robert Lewis in the Big Evil Collective's dance film "Dalliance", the trailer of which can be viewed here. The idea of the project was that a random composer was paired with a random choreographer to create a piece on the theme of a "dalliance", or a brief love affair.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64&list=OLAK5uy\_lqsAYNPBOjPuKRVG4HWaO0pDC5ZgLGTMo
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w&list=OLAK5uy\_lqsAYNPBOjPuKRVG4HWaO0pDC5ZgLGTMo&index=2
3. ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=rmZeSpMfYBA&si=ZlCnTEjo05mwaGO-
4. ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O\_2l5ln0&si=4SeAFiHPtDMU-z6M
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU&list=OLAK5uy\_lqsAYNPBOjPuKRVG4HWaO0pDC5ZgLGTMo&index=9
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE&list=OLAK5uy\_lqsAYNPBOjPuKRVG4HWaO0pDC5ZgLGTMo&index=6
7. ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hc7\_grruRYk&si=uwZr\_SBnYT1r3BzF
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI&list=OLAK5uy\_lqsAYNPBOjPuKRVG4HWaO0pDC5ZgLGTMo&index=3
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI&list=OLAK5uy\_lqsAYNPBOjPuKRVG4HWaO0pDC5ZgLGTMo&index=5
10. ↑ https://yeahiknowitsucks.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/mitski-retired-from-sad-new-career-in-business/