Previously known to me as the least interesting - or so I thought - member of boygenius and the female half of Better Oblivion Community Center, Bridgers finally came on to my radar proper when Penelope recommended "Scott Street", which is an epic slow-build of the melancholy kind, in the best way.
That one's the highlight of Stranger in the Alps but there are a lot of other good songs here, Bridger's reedy voice and the at times gossamer instrumentation and production belying the songs' frequent forcefulness and the ground they cover under the cloak of that overall wistful-sounding air; "Smoke Signals", "Motion Sickness", "Funeral" and "Georgia" are the most distinct.
That one's the highlight of Stranger in the Alps but there are a lot of other good songs here, Bridger's reedy voice and the at times gossamer instrumentation and production belying the songs' frequent forcefulness and the ground they cover under the cloak of that overall wistful-sounding air; "Smoke Signals", "Motion Sickness", "Funeral" and "Georgia" are the most distinct.
