WATCH! Phoebe Bridgers shares a video for ‘I Know The End’
Punisher out now via Dead Oceans
Photo credit Frank Ockenfels
Last month, Phoebe Bridgers released her second solo album, Punisher, to international acclaim. A deluge of rave reviews and cover features were followed by her first Top 10 album in the UK (entering the Official Albums Chart at Number 6), a Number 1 in the UK’s Official Record Store Chart, as well her first Number 1 on a Billboard Chart (“Emerging Artists”) in the US and two Number 1 US Radio Chart Placements, on FMBQ’s Non-Comm and College Radio Charts. Her recent single “I See You” was also added to the B-List at BBC Radio 1 whereas “Kyoto” was on the A-List at BBC 6 Music.
Today, she unveils the third video from Punisher, a creepy and dramatic companion to the album’s rousing closer “I Know The End”. Directed by Alissa Torvinen, the video includes a finalé shot at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Described by Rolling Stone as a “sound-collage crescendo… with a disorienting jolt of choking pop dystopia, as Bridgers zooms out on a fractured American heartland of slaughterhouses, outlet malls and slot machines that pass by endlessly”, “I Know The End” has been singled out by fans and critics alike as one of Bridgers’ most potent songs to date.
Watch the video for “I Know The End” HERE
The video release follows Bridgers’ previous videos “Garden Song” and “Kyoto.” (Watch her perform “Kyoto” as karaoke for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert HERE.)
Bridgers has also been announced as the next guest on The Record Club this evening, Wednesday July 29th from 6.30pm BST where she will be discussing her new album live. The Record Club is run in association with Record Store Day and National Album Day. She also appears as part of the line up for Newport Folk Festival’s Folk On Revival Weekend. She’s featured in the ticketed event as part of the Mavis Staples Birthday Celebration, recorded in LA at The Theater at the Ace Hotel in May 2019. Tickets for the virtual event – taking place July 31st – August 2nd – are available from https://newportfolk.org/revival. Proceeds go to support the work of Newport Festivals Foundation for artists and music education.
One of the most critically acclaimed albums of the year so far, Punisher follows Bridgers’ debut, Stranger in The Alps (2017), the boygenius EP with Julien Baker & Lucy Dacus (2018), and Better Oblivion Community Center, a collaboration with Conor Oberst (2019).
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Praise for Phoebe Bridgers & Punisher:
“a devastatingly assured album from the songwriter of the moment” – The Telegraph: 5*
“Consider Punisher the first truly great record from an artist whose career is likely to be stacked with them” – Record Collector: 5*
“a follow-up that reaffirms her timeless artistry and originality” – The Sunday Times: album of the week
“a masterpiece in mood setting” – Q: 5*
“a solemn record, but there are beautiful, unambiguous flashes of affection and hope” – The Evening Standard: 5*
“atmospheric indie with an undercurrent of anxiety” – NME: 5*
“one of those collections of individually crafted jewels that have instant appeal, and yet grow in richness every time you’re drawn, compulsively, to hear them again. […] Almost every single moment on this album is exquisitely thrilling: the perfect medicine at a time of doubt and fear.” – The i Paper: album of the week: 5*
“Punisher is a fully realized work, crafted with foresight and intention.” – The New Yorker
“Strange and exquisitely moving.” – New York Times
“The record glows with this strange self-sufficiency, an instinct to push forward against bad odds.” – Pitchfork (Best New Music)
“Bridgers has garnered fans by skillfully blending beauty with darkness, and on
her first new solo material since Alps, she nails it.” – Rolling Stone
“Punisher is a dazzling record, one filled with sadness but not overwhelmingly so, full of moments that sting the first time you hear them but burrow deeper into the soul with each listen.” – Consequence Of Sound
“The words land punch after punch, all bruise-black comedy and self-laceration” – MOJO: 4*
“Great songwriters build fully realized worlds in their songs, but on Punisher Bridgers is often able to do it in just a few lines.” – PopMatters
“Phoebe Bridgers has become something of a cult superstar. […] A clear step forward, but one that remains as fundamentally graceful as all that has come before” – DIY: 4.5*: lead review
“This is the kind of album that seeps under your skin the more you listen; romanticising the everyday and highlighting the beauty in the mundane” – Dork: 5*: lead review
“Punisher is a triumph” – Guitar magazine: 4.5*
“The LA songsmith’s second album doesn’t disappoint” – The Observer: 4*
“a deservedly confident album” – Uncut: 8/10
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