Review: Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers
By Zach Zollo Phoebe Bridgers is forthright. Therefore, I’ll be so with you. Punisher , Bridgers’ second album, operates as a chiropractor: it snaps your back in half, but hey, you know you LOVE it. Since the release of her debut LP, Stranger in the Alps , in 2017, the L.A. based singer-songwriter has only strengthened her emo-tinged indie-folk through collaboration, maturation, and an exquisite “ if I don’t say it NOW, when will I EVER? ” attitude. In 2018, she formed boygenius with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, releasing an emotionally striking self-titled EP. In 2019, she again formed a band, this time with Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes fame, to release the self-titled Better Oblivion Community Center LP. With each subsequent release, Bridgers distilled her lyrical talent into a dialect as clear as Grey Goose, as pungent as Four Roses, and as immediate as a TikTok. Punisher only continues her ascension to the stratosphere, with Bridgers delivering not only her best songwriting to
