and now pressed on vinyl and only available through Magnolia Record Club
“This phrase just came to me one day: ‘Shape the life you want by destroying what obstructs the soul
She’s also forgotten to buy gifts for the guys in her band and has a mountain of work to do before her guests start arriving
settling into a hall-of-mirrors call-and-response chant while discordant strings tug at the melody and electronics flicker like old bar neon
Good Thing Indie Folk and now pressed on vinylIf Coming Home was a remittance of dues, then, Bridges sophomore album, Good Thing, is a widening of horizons. His music remains broadly retro with a veil of analog fuzz built into the tracks, horn licks and references to the American South, and those buttery, laid back vocal runs that drew a line from Bridges to his idol in the first place. But his temporal fixation has loosened, making room for a more elastic, eclectic approach to songwriting that