PHOEBE BRIDGERS - what's the deal?

just to clarify what i was saying: i loved it a year ago, too. put it in the second half of my top 10, i believe.

but you know how a year or two or five later, some of the records in your top 10 kinda fade away and you don't reach for them as much, while a few come into focus as the ones you keep returning to? Alps is one of those for me, at least right now.

so is last year's Manchester Orchestra album.

I like Phoebe Bridgers a lot and really hate the Julien Baker I've heard which makes the Boygenius album effectively useless for me.

Hating Julien Baker seems.. cruel. But there are several Boygenius tracks that don't sound like Baker tracks.

Funeral kills me every time. It never doesn't make me tear up a little.

Yeah. She is just remarkably talented as a songwriter.

I like Phoebe Bridgers a lot and really hate the Julien Baker I've heard which makes the Boygenius album effectively useless for me.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 3:27 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

phoebe's presence in the boygenius stuff is wayyy heavier than julien's imo, outside of "stay down" there isn't really a typical julien baker moment on the ep

imo "motion sickness" is a perfect song, rest of stranger in the alps is pretty good

I also missed out on this last year and probably would've put it at the top of my list this year if I could. Love boygenius and their whole coming together but this album is.. some album.

year of impact rule means i get to vote for this

https://pitchfork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-covers-the-cures-friday-im-in-love-listen/

Weirdly disappointed to learn that the boyfriend who shells out for expensive hypnotherapy, sings in an English accent and was in a band when PB was born is (supposedly) Ryan Adams.

― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, March 6, 2018 2:04 AM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I just heard this song for the first time and I fucking hate the shit out of Ryan Adams, this is just amazing songwriting....

some of these lines are ice cold, damn love it:

And why do you sing with an English accent
I guess it's too late to change it now

You said when you met me you were bored
And you, you were in a band when I was born

this is my album of the year even tho it came out in 2017 and consequently i will not be voting for it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ryan is great, but yes, that last line in particular is an all-time great dig xp

knowing that song is about ryan adams makes it 1) funnier, then 2) more upsetting

album is much better than i gave it credit for upthread but i've also been depressed

it also keeps getting better, imo

the album is good but not necessarily good for you

Her voice really does carry this weight of sadness. Incredible singer and songwriter.

why date Ryan Adams in the first place? I've liked his music off and on for 20+ years but at no point during that time did he ever seem like the kind of person you'd want to spend any time around.

Idk she is young. I dated worse people than that.

this is my album of the year even tho it came out in 2017 and consequently i will not be voting for it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

― Mordy, Friday, January 11, 2019 1:15 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Believe I was the only voter for "Funeral" last year in the songs poll. It was my #1. Still hits me like a ton of bricks every time.

why date Ryan Adams in the first place?

idk, why would ryan adams date someone twenty years younger than him

Ryan Adams being that kind of skeeve shouldn't be surprising... but it is.

haha yeah no it's not

gfvmic

co-sign the excellence of "Motion Sickness." a 2017 song that i kept randomly returning to in 2018.

the first two lines of Scott street have been stuck in my head all fucking day

That song is so good

similarly this is a 2018 album for me albeit i did listen to it after they played a clip of funeral on the popcast and immediately thought it was stunning

a popcast year in review thing i mean

seems like she has some sort of collaborative project with conor oberst on the way, "Better Oblivion Community Centre"

And why do you sing with an English accent
I guess it's too late to change it now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFZnvTfFAs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFZnvTfFAs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFZnvTfFAs

and the collaborative album with conor oberst is out now!

https://open.spotify.com/album/5622zSt4RLqNSPShdqmWpj

what!!

i'm halfway through and it's sounding very good, also there's a synthpop song?

Huh! Eagerly awaiting more solo material but since this just appeared it's a bonus

Oh man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VzWK08EmMk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DSO-w_AxgQ

phomplaberst is not my thing

it's a pretty fun record so far! only the opening track has really struck that quintessential phoebe bridgers note of emotional desolation though

“Service Road” on the Better Oblivion record, the one about Oberst’s brother’s death, is haunting and amazing. Bridgers’ backup vocals are great.

was planning on ignoring this cause i've been out on oberst for a while and bridgers' 2017 album didn't stick with me, but wow is "dylan thomas" a good song.

this is my favorite oberst related project for a while

Whole album's a treat tbh

"Dylan Thomas" and "Service Road" I hope show up in next year's track list.

So is the title Stranger In The Alps a reference to The Big Lebowski?

it has to be, right?

One would assume so, yes

Yeah, it has to be.

About 6 months ago, Mark Wheat, a DJ on our local public indie station (89.3 - "The Current") played Phoebe's "Stranger in the Alps" track "Motion Sickness" immediately before Kenny Rogers & The First Edition's "Just Dropped In", then simply followed it with another song, adding no context or reference. It was one of those rad "I see what you did there!" moments that remind me of just why I care so much about this whole music whathaveyou. The station seems to love rewarding fellow music nerds, as another Current DJ, Mary Lucia, plays Hüsker Dü tracks primarily from the era of their (actual or kayfabe-laden?) rivalry with the Replacements (Paul Westerberg happens to be her brother).

Sorry, I'm dense ... what did they do there?

"big lebowski" references

make it

boygenius: Baker Bridgers Dacus LLC

I absolutely love Phoebe Bridgers, but even as a huge Phoebe Bridgers fan, I would be very good with seeing about 65% fewer "artist X releases a new single featuring Phoebe Bridgers" headlines every month. Seems like they are hitting every few days right now.

🤑

Phoeturing Phoebe.

The National one is fucking ridiculous: 'contains tincture of Bridgers'.

What prompted this was realizing that today's Pitchfork headline about a new song with Rob Moose was indeed not the same headline as the one from two days ago about a new song with Arlo Parks.

clearly a Bridgers too far

It won't last, you're only the new cool kid for a while, but she seems like she's having fun.

Also she obviously loves collaborating.

"Rob Moose" is killing me for some reason what a hilarious name

Mortal enemy of

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71EytrCqVML.jpg

In the photo accompanying the pfork article, HE seems to be the one wearing her trademark "skeleton costume" garb... unexpected switcheroo!

Lol every Pitchfoyk article about this Rob Moose guy has Bridgers’ name in the headline