Punisher

Punisher is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, released on June 18, 2020, by Dead Oceans. It is the follow-up to her 2017 debut album, Stranger in the Alps.

Punisher was recorded over a year and a half period at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and reunited Bridgers with producers Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska, who also engineered Stranger. Its recording process was collaborative with its liner notes crediting over two dozen prominent musicians, including Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Christian Lee Hutson, Jim Keltner, Blake Mills, and Conor Oberst. Bridgers released five singles "Garden Song", "Kyoto", "ICU", "I Know the End" and "Savior Complex" in support of the album. Upon its release, the album attracted acclaim from music critics, who celebrated its open lyricism.