PHOEBE BRIDGERS - what's the deal?

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

sorry/thx, i knew Stranger in the Alps but not Just Dropped In. (seen Lebowski once long ago and hated it.)

i think motion sickness might be a "great" song, not just a good one. i was a bit disappointed to learn it was about ryan adams--i didn't want the narrative to be so specific--but even with that, it doesn't lose any of its impact.

it's better than great. it's brilliant, a bona fide classic, an all-timer...

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

― a Stalin Stale Ale for me, please (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:01 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, just hit replay on "Dylan Thomas." I like this album.

I'm coming around on some songs. It still really annoys me when Conor's voice comes in on the first track. The lyric is one person's story, and it doesn't really make sense for this other voice to come in with octave unison. Phoebe's double tracked voice and the guitars would have been stronger for the song. I like Conor's voice as a lead, but it's not really capable of serving another role.

really

feel like I made a deal w/ satan to make my copy of Raising Sand much cooler, but he took all of the harmonies away as payment.

'Service Road' sure is good, though

no i agree there's too much oberst on this album

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

― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, February 18, 2019 8:17 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it has to be, right?

― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Monday, February 18, 2019 10:49 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

One would assume so, yes

― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:47 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, she's confirmed this in interviews.

her ep of the Song Exploder podcast is pretty cool

I guess that T-Swift adjacency and the last boygenius record are a bigger deal than I thought, I have a hard time believing she's going to come anywhere near filling up basketball arenas, but what do I know?

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, June 5, 2026 9:31 AM (six hours ago)

boygenius packed an 8,000-capacity place in my podunk town 4 hours from anywhere you'd call an actual city and probably could've done a second night. she's been away for a while and demand is pent up, i'd guess.

i always wonder, too, how small some arenas can get using curtains and whatnot.

It is a little odd that in my town she’s playing an arena much bigger than the one Meghan Trainor played—while she has half of MT’s monthly Spotify listeners.

She played a surprise gig in Savannah recently and it sold out immediately. A nice small place. There was a drunk blabbering and trying to talk to Phoebe throughout the set because Savannah is full of drunks.