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  "description": "With her third album, „You Better Get Used to It“, Swiss artist Pina Palau presents a storytelling delight, dressed in a raw and honest sound.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T09:31:24.000Z",
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    "Best Of 2025 list",
    "I was haunted by _Get A Dog_",
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  "textContent": "> Not many artists tell a story with such lively ease as Pina Palau. With _Outdoor Guy_ , the Swiss artist has undoubtedly crowned herself one of the best musical storytellers. Written as a cheeky middle finger to ex-partners, cathartic in its biting yet humorous commentary, and also a conclusion letting you move on, it’s pure pleasure to listen to Palau’s tale, accompanied by a groovy and well-balanced country-influenced indie rock.\n\nThis was what I was writing in Negative White’s Best Of 2025 list, where Pina Palau ranked—maybe undeservingly low—in fifth place. And yet, it wasn’t just the single _Outdoor Guy_ that highlighted Pina Palau’s exceptional craft. I was haunted by _Get A Dog_ from the namesake sophomore album released in 2024.\n\nNow, Sophie Meerwein, aka Pina Palau, has released _You Better Get Used to It_ , her third album, and I finally got around to diving into it. And I’m not saying it lightly, but it’s a masterpiece.\n\nCircling around love and heartbreak, Palau explores the things left unsaid between people. Sometimes with spite and pithy cheekiness, as in _Outdoor Guy_ , then full of despair and with a bleeding heart as in _Something Casual_.\n\n> You kissed me until I couldn’t breathe\n> I don’t know what you mean\n> When you say we’re something casual\n> It’s not casual to me\n\nBut _You Better Get Used to It_ isn’t simply an exercise in introspection. _Letter to the Editor_ is a scathing needle driven into the heart of conservatives.\n\n> Back in the days\n> When your world was in order\n> A boy was a boy\n> And a girl was a girl\n\n## Join Negative White\n\nWe believe music is better when shared with others.\n\nSubscribe\n\nEmail sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup.\n\nNo spam, only music. Unsubscribe anytime.\n\n## Radical Sincerity\n\nThe stories are accompanied by a synthesis of organic folk sounds, edgy rock and wistful country influences. Always well-balanced, never pompous or overproduced, the instrumentation perfectly reflects the honesty in Palau’s lyrics.\n\nIt took me a while to decipher the songwriting’s appeal. Then I realised that there was nothing to decipher. The songs have no hidden meanings, no cryptic messages. Everything Palau sings is meant to be taken at face value. No twists and turns, just direct and radical sincerity. Like screenplays, the lyrics create scenes in your head; sometimes you’re just an observer, sometimes you’re the protagonist.\n\n> I cried watching Paul playing drums\n> There was no way to hide it\n> Something in the way he hit the snare to the song\n\nThe songs on _‌You Better Get Used to It_ were written and composed by Sophie Meerwein and Simon Borer, also known as Long Tall Jefferson. I can say with absolute certainty that this collaboration has borne rich fruit.\n\nThe songs demand your undivided attention, but you’ll be more than happy to give it to them because they’re as sweet as honey to the ear. And if I have anything to complain about, it’s only that the album is a mere 28 minutes long. But even that’s ultimately just a thinly veiled compliment and a desire for more.\n\n#### Pina Palau – You Better Get Used to It\n\n****Release:**** 27 February 2026\n\n****Tracklist****\n\n  1. Something Casual\n  2. Outdoor Guy\n  3. All I Want Is Her\n  4. You See Me\n  5. Bittersweet\n  6. Euphoria\n  7. Letter to the Editor\n  8. I'm Still There\n  9. Grandma's Clothes\n\n\n\nBuy on Bandcamp",
  "title": "Pina Palau – You Better Get Used to It",
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