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'Buffalo Replaced' sits early in Mitski's seventh album, a track that pulls the post-apocalyptic narrative of 'The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We' into sharp historical focus. Over imagery of nocturnal life and a freight train cutting through her backyard, she invokes the replacement of the buffalo by industrial expansion, the song's title and chorus anchoring the album's larger theme of displacement and loss. A Dork five-star record. The arrangement builds from delicate observation to orchestral weight, mirroring the album's turn towards a more expansive, country-inflected sound than Mitski has attempted before. Beneath the cinematic production sits her characteristic precision with language and emotion, the personal and the historical folded together so tightly they become inseparable. Even in the album's quieter moments, there's an undercurrent of something vast and irreplaceable moving through the landscape.
"Buffalo Replaced" is a track by Mitski, from the album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, released 14th September 2023. The track is 2:40 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Mitski.
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Mosquitoes can enjoy me, I can't go inside I'm suckin' up as much of the full moon, so bright Fireflies zoomin' through the yard like highway cars Someone out here burnin' something, kids feelin' alive Freight train stampeding through my backyard It'll run across the plains, like the new buffalo replaced I have a hope and, though, she is blind, with no name She shits where she's supposed to, feeds herself while I'm away Sometimes I think it would be easier without her But I know nothing can hurt me when I see her sleepin' face Freight train horn howlin' out mad and wild Heading somewhere far away, like the new buffalo replaced Ooh, ooh-ooh Ah, oh-oh Ooh, ooh-ooh
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