Mutable Set

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Mutable Set
Blake Mills Mutable Set Cover.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)
Length51:25
Label Verve
Blake Mills chronology
Look
(2018)
Mutable Set
(2020)
Jelly Road
(2023)
Singles from Mutable Set
  1. "Vanishing Twin"
    Released: March 20, 2020 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 8/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [6]
Tom Hull – on the Web B [7]

Mutable Set is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills. It was released on May 8, 2020 under Verve Records and New Deal Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Mutable Set was met with universal acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 84, based on 7 reviews. [2]

Track listing

Mutable Set track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Never Forever"
  • Blake Mills
  • McCombs
4:53
2."May Later"
  • Mills
  • McCombs
  • Mills
  • McCombs
5:18
3."Eat My Dust"
  • Mills
  • Mills
2:02
4."Money Is The One True God"
  • Mills
  • Mills
6:55
5."Summer All Over"
  • Mills
  • McCombs
  • Mills
  • McCombs
4:55
6."Vanishing Twin"
  • Mills
  • McCombs
  • Mills
  • McCombs
6:16
7."My Dear One"
  • Mills
  • McCombs
  • Mills
  • McCombs
5:33
8."Farsickness"
  • Mills
  • Kahane
2:51
9."Mirror Box" 
  • Mills
4:58
10."Window Facing A Window"
  • Mills
4:58
11."Off Grid"
  • Mills
  • Mills
2:46
Total length:51:25

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