![]() If you remember the 90s, songs like Worth It and Sorry will have you marvelling at how it manages to sound both fresh and authentic at the same time. Smashing together everything from Pavement, Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine to Alanis Morrissette, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Lemonheads she’s create a heady brew of infectious guitar hooks, searing grungey solos and brutally honest songcraft that is Fake It Flowers. It’s a credit to Laus’ label, Dirty Hit, that she’s been given the freedom and encouragement to blossom into the artist that she wanted to be. But how many of those suits would have imagined that three years later the girl singing over a delicately strummed acoustic on YouTube would be onstage in front of thousands, Fender Lead II in hand, standard bearer of a grunge-pop revival and one of the most exciting new artists on the planet? In 2017 Beabadoobee posted Coffee on YouTube and had record labels queuing round the block from her London front door to sign her. It seems absurd to talk about ‘transformation’ when an artist is barely 20 years old and has a grand total of one studio album, but Beatrice Laus is clearly no ordinary artist. For all its brilliance, Punisher feels like it’s only the beginning of an artistic journey with almost limitless potential.Ĭhris Vinnicombe Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Reunions In common with her hero Elliott Smith, Phoebe Bridgers has a knack for combining disarmingly pretty melodies with devastating lyrics that stop you in your tracks, and it’s this rare sophistication as a songwriter – in addition to her ability to sing the phone book and make it sound good – that elevates Bridgers above her contemporaries. It helps if you are a generational talent, of course, and although the 26-year-old Angeleno has assembled a team of canny co-conspirators – the likes of Tony Berg, Ethan Gruska, Marshall Vore and Harrison Whitford help flesh out her acoustic and baritone-driven songs into lush studio arrangements – it’s Bridgers’ star that always shines brightest. ![]() How do you follow a breathtaking debut album and a string of essential collaborations? For Phoebe Bridgers, the answer was apparently quite simple: release a second, equally wonderful solo LP that propels you towards mainstream success and bags four Grammy nominations in the process.
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