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Seattle indie-rocker Noah Gundersen and Los Angeles songwriter Phoebe Bridgers have released a video/track collaboration for their respective singles ‘The Sound’, off Gundersen’s latest album White Noise, and ‘Killer’, from Bridgers’ acclaimed 2017 debut album, Stranger In The Alps (Dead Oceans). The stripped down video and track were recorded at Seattle’s Studio X and features the help of Abby Gundersen on piano and vocals. Watch the video below and listen to the track here: https://bridgers-gundersen.ffm.to/killer-thesound
NPR‘s Stephen Thompson said of the two songs, “Bridgers’ ‘Killer’ stuns in any setting, and Gundersen’s ‘The Sound’ is a revelation in their collective hands. Performed back to back, the two songs sound hauntingly beautiful.”
“I’m just a big fan of her work. I listened to her record obsessively and I wanted to make something with her,” explains Gundersen. “This was recorded on our last day of tour together, when we all had a few spare hours in the afternoon.”
“I’ve been a fanatic Noah fan since I was a teenager. He changed the way I write music, made me more comfortable with being honest in my songs,” Bridgers reflects. “Getting to sing with him was like getting pulled onstage by your favorite band during a show.”
Watch Noah Gundersen’s recent interview with Billboard and his sessions with AV Club and KEXP.
Phoebe Bridgers and her album have seen high praise from Pitchfork, NPR Music (‘Tiny Desk Concert,’ ‘Slingshot’ artist), Billboard, Vulture, Stereogum, Bandcamp, The A.V. Club, NY Mag’s Vulture, W Magazine, and Under The Radar, among many others, as well as spots on 2017 year-end, best-of lists from outlets including The FADER (‘#1 Best New Artist of 2017’), Noisey, Uproxx, Consequence Of Sound, Paste, BBC6, The SundayTimes (UK), and Rough Trade. Last month, she made her network TV debut with a performance and interview on CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions, and also appeared on Live From Here with Chris Thile (formerly A Prairie Home Companion).
