{"product_id":"punisher-1lp","title":"Punisher (1LP)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhoebe Bridgers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoesn’t write love songs as much as songs about the impact love can have on our lives, personalities, and priorities.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePunisher\u003c\/em\u003e, her fourth release and second solo album, is concerned with that subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo say she writes about heartbreak is to undersell her blue wisdom, to say she writes about pain erases all the strange joy her music emanates. The arrival of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePunisher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecements\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhoebe Bridgers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas one of the most clever, tender, and prolific songwriters of our era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridgers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the rare artist with enough humor to deconstruct her own meteoric rise. Repeatedly praised by publications like The New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, Pitchfork, The Fader, The Los Angeles Times, and countless others,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridgers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eherself is more interested in discussing topics on Twitter, deadpanning meditations on the humiliating process of being a person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe presents a sweetly funny flipside to the strikingly sad songs she writes. Fittingly,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePunisher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis fascinated with, and driven by, that kind of impossible tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether it’s writing tweets or songs,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridgers\u003c\/strong\u003e's singular talent lies in bringing fierce curiosity to slimy and painful things, interrogating them until they yield up answers that are beautiful and absurd, or faithfully reporting the reality that, sometimes, they are neither.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridgers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epulls together a formidable crew of guests, including Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Christian Lee Hutson, and Conor Oberst as well as Nathaniel Walcott (of Bright Eyes), Nick Zinner (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Jenny Lee Lindberg (of Warpaint), Blake Mills, and Jim Keltner as well as her longtime bandmates Marshall Vore (drums), Harrison Whitford (guitar), Emily Retsas (bass), and Nick White (keys).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was mixed by Mike Mogis, who also mixed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStranger In The Alps\u003c\/em\u003e. On the album’s epic, freewheeling closer, \"\u003cem\u003eI Know The End\u003c\/em\u003e,\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridgers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eorchestrates wails and horns, drums and electric guitar into a sumptuous doomsday swirl, culminating in her own final whispered roar. This is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePunisher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein a nutshell: devastating elegance punctuated by a moment of deeply campy self-awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of discs: 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ProductDetails_boldText__sNqq6\"\u003e10\/12\/2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll vinyl new and sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Phoebe Bridgers","offers":[{"title":"Black \/ 1 \/ 10\/12\/2020","offer_id":54885773705545,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/1521\/7481\/files\/3ff37fc0-ce69-4c5a-98cb-11b387889930_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1784556662","url":"https:\/\/sosrecords.co.uk\/products\/punisher-1lp","provider":"Save Our Souls Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}