Keep in mind the period when Phoebe Bridgers was on this web site seemingly day-after-day? It is again! Bridgers has been slowly, dramatically constructing as much as the announcement of Misplaced Weekend, her first new solo album since 2020’s Punisher. After a stealthy collection of phone-free pop-up reveals culminating in an enormous gig at Madison Sq. Backyard, the boygenius member introduced a transcontinental enviornment tour three weeks again. Wednesday, she revealed the title and Aug. 14 launch date for her long-awaited LP. Now we lastly get to listen to some music from this factor.
“Misplaced Boys,” the brand new album’s lead single, simply went reside. After a synth-driven feint constructed round processed vocals, it unfolds right into a midtempo folk-rock anthem in Bridgers’ distinctive mildew. One huge distinction: The track strikes a stability between mushy and loud that we do not normally hear from her. On the refrain, a grooving bass line and flurries of brass encircle her chorus: “Misplaced boys by no means develop up, by no means go dwelling/ Misplaced boys by no means spend their lunch cash/ Misplaced boys by no means develop up, by no means get previous/ Misplaced boys discover me.”
The track is produced by Tony Berg, Ethan Gruska, Jack Antonoff, and Phoebe Bridgers, with extra manufacturing by Alex G, who’s opening the North American leg of Bridgers’ tour. Her boygenius bandmates Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus contribute vocals. Chris Thile performs mandolin, Sebastian Steinberg performs upright bass, Rob Moose organized the strings, and Shiny Eyes’ Nate Walcott handles the trumpets. Bridgers’ longtime collaborators like Christian Lee Hutson, Marshall Vore, and Harrison Whitford are in there too.
Within the music video, directed by Lance Oppenheim and Pablo Rochat, Bridgers performs the paranormal elfin chief of a band of medieval knights who roam the trendy world. Skyler Gisondo of Righteous Gems fame performs the gasoline station attendant who turns into their newest recruit. Watch under.
Misplaced Weekend is 8/14 on Useless Oceans.
