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You Think It's Like This, But Really It's Like This,Mirah

- You Think It's Like This, But Really It's Like This
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Mirah
Released 2000

Sweepstakes Prize
04:50
7,226 plays

Engine Heart
02:35
6,263 plays

La Familia
02:54
6,061 plays

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- 1
- Million Miles
- 01:55
- 4,223 plays

- 2
- Sweepstakes Prize
- 04:50
- 7,226 plays

- 3
- Of Pressure
- 03:53
- 3,274 plays

- 4
- This Dance
- 02:27
- 3,279 plays

- 5
- La Familia
- 02:54
- 6,061 plays

- 6
- Gone Sugaring
- 01:20
- 3,646 plays

- 7
- Person Person
- 02:21
- 3,382 plays

- 8
- Engine Heart
- 02:35
- 6,263 plays

- 9
- Archipelago
- 04:23
- 3,837 plays

- 10
- 100 Knives
- 03:53
- 4,139 plays

- 11
- Murphey Bed
- 02:20
- 2,661 plays

- 12
- Pollen
- 02:28
- 4,512 plays

- 13
- Small Town
- 01:18
- 2,363 plays

- 14
- Water And Sleep
- 04:00
- 2,353 plays

- 15
- Telephone Wires
- 02:30
- 4,269 plays

- 16
- Words Cannot Describe
- 02:25
- 4,240 plays

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album review

Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn's debut full-length is a true indie pop triumph. From beginning to end, You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This hovers majestically on a cloud of songcrafting genius and, as the title suggests, is constantly in a state of shapeshifting. Tones change from elegant to pensive to heavy but still manage to drift by graciously with the help of Mirah's wistful voice and intimately personal lyrics. A great deal of the instrumentation is assisted by the Microphones' Phil Elvrum, but he only complements Mirah's lonesome yet optimistic vocals as she rethinks the relationships that continue to haunt her. A certain cheapness in the production of You Think It's Like This -- perhaps the work of a four-track recorder and vintage instruments -- also lends much character to the overall tone of the record. The guitar fuzz actually seems to translate the feelings of "the earthquake...making the house shake" in "Of Pressure," and the hollow reverb of "La Familia" intensely echoes Mirah's heartbroken vocal wanderings. A masterpiece of lo-fi beauty. ~ Ken Taylor, All Music Guide