Phoebe Bridgers: Stranger In The Alps [DEAD OCEANS]

Why you'll love it

"Motion Sickness" has become one of the most-searched indie rock lyrics of the past few years, and the rest of the record cuts just as deep: "Funeral," "Demi Moore," "Scott Street." Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska produced, and the title comes from a famously goofy TV edit of The Big Lebowski.

This edition

• Dead Oceans pressing
• Includes her cover of "You Missed My Heart"

About the album

Phoebe Bridgers was just 23, and Boygenius (her hugely popular "supergroup" with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus) was but a glimmer in her eye, when Stranger In The Alps landed in September of 2017, but she certainly didn't feel like a stranger by the time this record was finished working on you.

And work on you Stranger In The Alps does. Much like Baker's own debut, Sprained Ankle, Bridgers's first full-length gets under your skin because it allows you to live (somewhat uncomfortably) inside its author's skin for 45 minutes. It might be guilty of oversharing a little, yes, but if you've ever wanted a dead-on approximation in song of how it feels to make a decision at 2 a.m. and immediately regret it, "Demi Moore" has got you covered. This is as raw as it gets. And to hammer that point home, Bridgers even covers "You Missed My Heart," an aching song by Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek, on the back end. A strong first foot forward by a major young talent who would level up considerably on 2020's Punisher.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Dead Oceans, first out in 2017.