CALLING FROM lockdown, alt-pop artist Phoebe Bridgers, 25, is immediately talking a mile a minute. “If you love vintage sounds, then great. But it doesn’t matter to me,” she says, seeking to find some balance in the debate between old and new recording technology, much as she does on “Punisher,” her ethereal album released in June. “I thought I needed to find that vintage sound my whole life, but most of the time now it’s all about things working and being reliable.”Over her first three albums, Ms. Bridgers’s haunting songs...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 13, 2020 16:24 UTC