Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers
Background information
Born (1994-08-17) August 17, 1994
Origin Pasadena, California
Genres Indie folk, folk rock, alternative rock, indie pop
Instruments Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Labels PAX AM, Dead Oceans
Website www.phoebefuckingbridgers.com

Phoebe Bridgers (born August 17, 1994) is an American musician from Pasadena, California.

Career

Bridgers released her major label debut 7" Killer on Ryan Adams record label, PAX AM.[1][2][3][4][5] In early 2016, Bridgers supported Julien Baker on her 2016 East Coast tour.[6][7]

Bridgers is a graduate of Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, studying vocal jazz.[8]

In 2014 she was featured in a commercial for the Apple iPhone singing a cover of "Gigantic" by the Pixies.[9][10]

Bridgers' song "Safe At Home" was featured on season 3 episode 5 of the ABC Family show Switched At Birth.[11] Season 3 episode 17 of the show featured her song "Ask Me To/Steamroller."[12]

Her song "Georgia" was featured on season 8 episode 2 of the ABC show Castle.[13] Her song "Smoke Signals" was featured on season 1 episode 7 of "Burden of Truth"

In June 2017, Phoebe Bridgers signed to Dead Oceans.[14]

On September 22, 2017, Bridgers released her debut album Stranger in the Alps to generally positive reviews.[15] The album was produced by Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska. On March 12, 2018 the social networking site Pebbal named Stranger in the Alps the best album of 2017.[16]

Phoebe Bridgers was interviewed on CBS This Morning: Saturday singing "Motion Sickness" and "Scott Street" on March 3, 2018. Phoebe Bridgers was described as a Unicorn in the music business by her producer Ryan Adams.

In May 2018, Bridgers was featured on a remake of the Lord Huron song "The Night We Met" for the soundtrack to season 2 of the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why.

In 2018, Bridgers along with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus formed the "supergroup" boygenius. They released three songs in August 2018 and subsequently announced an EP and a tour.[17]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US

Indie
[18]

Killer
  • Released: April 28, 2015
  • Label: PAX AM
 —
Stranger in the Alps 38

References

  1. ↑ Armstrong, Chuck. "Phoebe Bridgers on Working With Ryan Adams (Who Compares Her to Bob Dylan)". Diffuser. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Grant, Kimberly. "Newcomer Phoebe Bridgers Releases "Killer." a New 7" Produced by Ryan Adams on Pax-Am". No Depression. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Vain, Madison. "Stream Phoebe Bridgers and Daniel Clarke's new Pax-Am 7-Inch Series releases". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Phoebe Bridgers: Killer". KCRW. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "PHOEBE BRIDGERS: KILLER". FrostClick. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Claro, Allison. "Julien Baker Closed Out Her East Coast Tour with Phoebe Bridgers & Petal to a Sold Out Crowd at NYC's Bowery Ballroom on April 27, 2016". Zumic. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Bidiman, Craig. "Sad Songs Make Artist Julien Baker Feel Better". The Mass Media. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Why L.A.'s Phoebe Bridgers has everybody talking". LATimes. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  9. ↑ "Apple iPhone 5s – Powerful". TV Ad Music. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  10. ↑ "Big Big Love for Miss. Phoebe Bridgers". THE LEVITY BALL. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  11. ↑ "Music from Switched at Birth S3E05". TuneFind. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  12. ↑ "Music from Switched at Birth S3E17". TuneFind. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  13. ↑ "Music from Castle S8E02". TuneFind. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  14. ↑ "Phoebe Bridgers Signs to Dead Oceans; Debut Album Coming Soon". DeadOceans.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  15. ↑ "Reviews and Tracks for Stranger in the Alps by Phoebe Bridgers". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  16. ↑ "The 65 Best Albums of 2017". Pebbal.com. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  17. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8471478/boygenius-announces-ep-tour-new-songs
  18. ↑ "Phoebe Bridgers Chart History: US Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2018.



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