So is the title Stranger In The Alps a reference to The Big Lebowski?
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 02:17 (five years ago) link
it has to be, right?
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
One would assume so, yes
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 10:47 (five years ago) link
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).
― Prefecture, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
Sorry, I'm dense ... what did they do there?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
"big lebowski" references
― you know who deserves sitewide mod privileges? (m bison), Thursday, 21 February 2019 01:06 (five years ago) link
sorry/thx, i knew Stranger in the Alps but not Just Dropped In. (seen Lebowski once long ago and hated it.)
― alpine static, Thursday, 21 February 2019 03:35 (five years ago) link
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.
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 21 February 2019 03:50 (five years ago) link
it's better than great. it's brilliant, a bona fide classic, an all-timer...
― alpine static, Thursday, 21 February 2019 06:38 (five years ago) link
"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.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:18 (five years ago) link
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.
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:33 (five years ago) link
really
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link
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.
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:39 (five years ago) link
'Service Road' sure is good, though
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:43 (five years ago) link
no i agree there's too much oberst on this album
― Mordy, Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:57 (five years ago) link
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 Permalinkit 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 PermalinkOne 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
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, February 18, 2019 8:17 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Monday, February 18, 2019 10:49 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 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.
― jaymc, Friday, 22 February 2019 03:42 (five years ago) link
her ep of the Song Exploder podcast is pretty cool
― goole, Monday, 25 February 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
"Dylan Thomas" is my favorite song today; Most likely for the rest of the week.
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 23:14 (five years ago) link
i thought there was a boygenius thread ... no?
― alpine static, Friday, 8 March 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
i don't know why i posted that. i know how to search.
so ... uh ...
Phoebe is great!
sorry all.
― alpine static, Friday, 8 March 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
this version is killerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgK0_a574s
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 21:02 (five years ago) link
I checked out her solo LP after all the hubbub. It totally lives up to the hype. Fabulous atmosphere, impressive depth, looking forward to her next one. The Boygenius EP is great as well. The album with Conor Oberst, not so much.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 18 April 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
I'm just not as enthused by the collaborative stuff as I am by her solo album. Have a side-projectiness to them that I find off putting.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Sunday, 28 April 2019 09:20 (four years ago) link
man, Me & My Dog is an all-time jam
― alpine static, Friday, 21 June 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
yeah i watch this version quite oftenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5zc36sAIE
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 23 August 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
yeah. PB hitting that big note at the end is ... good
― alpine static, Friday, 23 August 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u8rIx65QgA
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link
so good. who's doing the deep background harmonies?
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
damn this is excellent. at the very least keeps up her streak of one very great song per album.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
boooo voodoo
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
hey, this is a good sign that the new album could be the one with multiple very great songs.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
haha, great opening shot
― Murdered-Out Highlander XLE (morrisp), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
from here: https://www.stereogum.com/2074637/phoebe-bridgers-garden-song/video
I was just thinking about my hometown, and I was thinking about reoccurring nightmares I have on tour. So on “Garden Song,” my tour manager sings with me. He’s 6-foot-7. He’s a Dutch man named Jeroen. I realized he had the voice of an angel when he was singing Mitski with me in the van and he was two octaves below me, and I was like, “You sound like a Dutch Matt Berninger from the National.”
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
oh cool, thanks!
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
Great song!
― DJI, Thursday, 27 February 2020 00:30 (four years ago) link
Cant wait to listen to this when i get home
― treeship., Thursday, 27 February 2020 00:35 (four years ago) link
one great song per album, gtfoh
― alpine static, Thursday, 27 February 2020 00:51 (four years ago) link
album length great songs per album
― latin hypercube in shitspace (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:12 (four years ago) link
love the video too, very pumped
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Thursday, 27 February 2020 06:33 (four years ago) link
yah i love every song on Stranger at this point.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Thursday, 27 February 2020 06:35 (four years ago) link
This sounds better with each listen. I’m sleep deprived and on a train at the moment so that sound of looping backwards guitars (?) is blending with everything around me and it’s beautiful.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 27 February 2020 06:38 (four years ago) link
Excellent new song, love the spooky double-tracked vocal vibe she's working with. No info on the sophomore lp?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 28 February 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
“I’m sleep deprived and on a train” almost sounds like a lyric she would write
― brimstead, Friday, 28 February 2020 01:09 (four years ago) link
Phoebe Bridgers’ new album ‘Punisher’ is out June 19th!💀https://t.co/AgIKKhoo4z pic.twitter.com/ZseaBfF6xQ— Dead Oceans (@DeadOceans) April 9, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw0zYd0eIlk
― abcfsk, Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
Horns, nice! Quite looking forward to this!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 9 April 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
Love this tune.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
digging this. the arrangement reminds me of a beulah song, or something in that vein.
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
So nice!
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
this is good
― Roz, Friday, 10 April 2020 04:29 (four years ago) link
Yes
― Three Hundred Pounds of Almond Joy (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 April 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link