Album · Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher is an album by Phoebe Bridgers, released in 2020. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 24 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Kyoto”, on 20 lists and voted number one twice.
Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers' second album, came out on Dead Oceans on June 18, 2020, following her 2017 debut Stranger in the Alps. She made it over a year and a half at Sound City in Los Angeles, back with producers Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska, and she brought a crowd: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Christian Lee Hutson, Jim Keltner, Blake Mills and Conor Oberst are all in the credits.
It's an indie folk record that sounds like 3 a.m.: hushed acoustic guitars, soft electronic haze and Bridgers' voice close to the mic, deadpan and melancholy in the same breath. "Kyoto" breaks the spell with a restless, runaway energy, "Garden Song" drifts in a half-dream, and "I Know the End" builds from a murmur to a full-throated roar. Critics loved it, mostly for lyrics that hold nothing back.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Punisher on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyoto | 20 | #1 | 2 | 2020–2026 | |
| 2 | I Know The End | 3 | #42 | – | 2020–2024 | |
| 3 | Garden Song | 1 | #25 | – | 2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.