xp people will just think you're obsessed with donnie darko. this album rules.
― the warm seafood salad that exists (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
I keep listening to it despite initial reservations about the sonics, so who knows, maybe it could be this year’s Field Day.
― Barry "Fatha" Hines (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
Garden Song does sound muddled and weird but it still brings tears to my eyes when the harmonies start.
― DJI, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
give Phoebe credit for attacking this weird promotional environment with just enough humor and creativity to stand out from the rest of the livestreams.
the "tour" of her house, that cute A-for-effort Corden performance, the commitment to the pajamas ... it's all small stuff, but it's something!
― alpine static, Thursday, 25 June 2020 00:21 (three years ago) link
This would have been a top 3 album for me back in 2002.
― pomenitul, Friday, 26 June 2020 02:19 (three years ago) link
it will always be 2002 for me bb!
― treeship., Friday, 26 June 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
or more accurately, 2009
― treeship., Friday, 26 June 2020 02:23 (three years ago) link
I actually love the production on this album. It's kind of ethereal, I described it to a friend as dream-folk. I like that it gets loud a few places too.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 26 June 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
Does she do “Smelly Cat” on this album?
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Friday, 26 June 2020 05:55 (three years ago) link
^ You're thinking of Phoebe Waller-Bridge
― abcfsk, Friday, 26 June 2020 07:10 (three years ago) link
I want to love "Kyoto," but the Broken Social Scene horns (and, I guess, the "mix" generally) just do NOT do it for me. The song turns to mush at the chorus, when it should stay tight and focused. Same with "Chinese Satellite" (my 2nd-fave track), and its strings / sound effects... the production feels busy and overdone, clouding the songs rather than allowing them to shine on their own.
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Thursday, 2 July 2020 05:39 (three years ago) link
punisher is the album of the year
― treeship., Friday, 17 July 2020 03:30 (three years ago) link
the year isn't over, but i feel like i can call it. "i know the end" feels elegiac, resigned, until about 4:35 when there is a burst of new life. not triumphant, but it's life, and when there's life there is hope.
― treeship., Friday, 17 July 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
I've been playing deadMy whole lifeAnd I get this feelingWhenever I feel goodIt'll be the last time
some of these verses feel like things i've had memorized for years. they have "the force of inevitability"
― treeship., Friday, 17 July 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
otm
― DJI, Friday, 17 July 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
it's the album I've listened to the most this year.
― akm, Friday, 17 July 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
i think Punisher is terrific but still (so far) think Stranger in the Alps is better. i wouldn't mind if that changes in the future, though.
― alpine static, Friday, 17 July 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
The lyrics to the title track are so good, I want to quote them all.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 18 July 2020 13:34 (three years ago) link
that song is about Elliott Smith; as someone who saw probably every show Elliott Smith ever played in the Bay Are area and for whom his music was incredibly important for a few years there, I found that song really touching and effective. While my wife was in grad school with lots of people 10-12 years younger than her, several of them were pretty freaked out we'd seen him perform so many times; I wasn't even really aware he had such a strong legacy with people who weren't old enough to listen to him while he was still putting out music.
― akm, Saturday, 18 July 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
you were screaming at the evangelicals
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 18 July 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
Live from Goth Prom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zal6kbG1V4
― NAthaniel (cajunsunday), Sunday, 19 July 2020 09:03 (three years ago) link
ph*ebe bridgers flew across the atlantic during a pandemic to hook up with Connell from Normal People...messy and irresponsible but we have to stan https://t.co/ok8IjMav97— Sophie (@insopherable) July 24, 2020
😂
― Frozen CD, Monday, 27 July 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
This story is absolutely delightful for many reasons but particularly the specific fact of them having been outed by the Lemon Leaf Cafe in Kinsdale, County Cork, in an account that is otherwise basically just pictures of cakes.
― Matt DC, Monday, 27 July 2020 10:05 (three years ago) link
next record is called fucklore— traitor joe (@phoebe_bridgers) July 28, 2020
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 12:27 (three years ago) link
careful phoebe
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 12:28 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9-xN6dCW4
wonder if this was shot after COVID; the ending with the empty stadium and the way people are standing apart makes me think so, but who knows.
― akm, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
for real, great video but the ending with the kissing and screaming into an elderly woman's face was pretty o_O considering the circumstances. along with the transatlantic trip, she seems entirely too cavalier about this pandemic thing.
― Roz, Thursday, 30 July 2020 10:16 (three years ago) link
pheebs hearts harry: https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/phoebe-bridgers-favorite-books.html
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
everyone that age does
― akm, Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
cancelled
― ||||||||, Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
i think i'd lie about it in 2020
― The Scampos of Young Werther (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 August 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
as someone that age who was very into hp as a child, people who still vocally love it were annoying long before jkr's transphobic turn
― ufo, Thursday, 6 August 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rdElxBlnwc
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Friday, 7 August 2020 04:39 (three years ago) link
that was enjoyable ^
and it led me to this, which i somehow hadn't seen ... and is also enjoyable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQzAHuJHKk
it includes fun interviews with producers Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska, co-writer Marshall Vore and Nate Walcott, who played trumpet on the song.
i feel like Berg would be a good person to talk to for, like, an hourlong podcast.
― alpine static, Friday, 7 August 2020 06:17 (three years ago) link
Good stuff, thanks
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 August 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
Apparently she has struck a Boomer nerve here: https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/phoebe-bridgers-punisher-eric-clapton-covid/12546140
Bridgers confirms she is yet to hear from Eric Clapton, or his people, about the diss. Not that she would care.
"You know, I don't think our Venn diagrams are very connected," she says.
"I have such an Eric Clapton rant, because I think it's just extremely mediocre music, but also he's a famous racist."
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 14 August 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
"The lyric used to be, 'we hate Eric Clapton'. It's actually kind of worse now. Because it's the dead baby song, which is a heartbreaking song.
"If I were to pick an Eric Clapton song, it's up there with the ones that I actually like. So, it's kind of a lie on the record, but it sounds more poetic."
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Friday, 14 August 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
Incredible. She's the best.
hah that's v amusing
― dyl, Saturday, 15 August 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
Famous Racist's Dead Baby Cookies
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 15 August 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
I immediately thought of this when I first heard the Clapton lyric: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCD-F81iptk&t=2m23s
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Saturday, 15 August 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
i trust everyone knows the answer to the riddle: "What's the first thing Eric Clapton did after writing 'Tears in Heaven'?"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 15 August 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
I only know the difference between a toddler and an eightball of coke.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Saturday, 15 August 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
Phoebe Bridgers otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 August 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
Clapton’s an easy target. If she called out Morrissey, it would be more interesting.
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Saturday, 15 August 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
Not really. Septuagenarians in the biz are sacred cows, and this soppy asshole's gotten by too long
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
moz a way more obvious target
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
Moz/Smiths can’t be so easily dismissed as “mediocre,” and her & her fans’ “Venn diagrams” are more connected to them. It’s easy to take down a famous racist and say, “his music sucks, too.”
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
To put it another way, it’s not a big deal for an artist like her to strike a “Boomer nerve” or snap at an uncool guy like Clapton. In fact, it’s expected!
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
And it's not like she went out of her way to do it, it's one line on the album that a reporter asked her about. (And then NME and others turned it into a clickbait headline.)
But I posted it on FB yesterday for some Friday entertainment, and stirred up a satisfactory amount of outrage. Including lots of "I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HER WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS." Fish in a barrel, but kind of fun.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 15 August 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link