Stranger In The Alps LP fg_Vinyl Color_Damn Fine Coffee "The Living Bubba

"The Living Bubba

Monk nails Ellington’s best-known tunes such as “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

Lydia gives the full and sometimes terrifying

success intervened: the band rapidly scored a deal with A&M and began work on their major-label debut

East's longtime engineer

Stranger In The Alps LP fg_Vinyl Color_Damn Fine Coffee "The Living BubbaStranger in the Alps opens with the one two punch of "Smoke Signals" and "Motion Sickness," a pair of songs that highlight Bridgers' abilities. The former, a gorgeous, ethereal tune guided by sparse electric guitar and sweeping strings, toes the line between weary and wistful, using specific anecdotes from its singer to tell its tale. The style highlights the strengths of Bridgers' unique lyric writing perspective: there are overt references to lost