Phoebe Bridgers just brought boygenius into A24's Sound Check. The studio posted a 12 minute session this morning, filmed at Cherry Lane Theatre in New York and directed by Lance Oppenheim, the filmmaker behind Primetime. Bridgers opens alone with her Primetime song "On Video," then Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker join her for two songs from her latest album, Lost Weekend.
The setlist
- "On Video" is the song Bridgers wrote for Primetime, released on A24's original soundtrack for the film, which also carries Ari Balouzian's score. Here it is stripped back to Bridgers with Ethan Gruska on piano and effects.
- "Haunted", with boygenius, starts at the 3:38 mark. It is track seven on Lost Weekend.
- "Lost Boys", with boygenius, closes the set at 7:07. It is the second track on the album.
The band around them is small and acoustic. Vixen Jamieson plays upright bass, Connor Style Vance plays mandolin, Lily Belknap plays violin and Yi-Mei Templeman plays cello, with Dacus on vocals and Baker on guitar and vocals. Mike Mogis mixed the audio.
Why the film tie matters
This is more than a promo clip. Bridgers is in the Primetime cast alongside Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine. A24 sums the film up in one line: in 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. It is now playing in theaters, and Oppenheim shooting the session himself turns it into a companion piece to the film rather than a standard live video.
Sound Check has quietly become one of the better live series running. Earlier sessions at Cherry Lane include Tame Impala, Blood Orange, Model/Actriz and Grace Ives. If you like A24's taste on screen, our A24 horror starter guide and our look at Club Kid are good next stops.
Lost Weekend on vinyl
Lost Weekend came out August 14 on Dead Oceans, 17 tracks deep. The label's official store lists it as a double LP in a double pocket gatefold jacket with a 20 page full color lyric booklet, at $35.99 on black vinyl. Two color variants sit beside it: Neptune Winds, dark blue marble with silver glitter, at $40.99, and Regolith, clear with silver glitter, at $41.99.
If the boygenius half of the session is what got you, the trio's 2023 album the record on LP is the one to own, and Dead Oceans notes it won the trio three Grammys. The band's the rest 10 inch EP makes a good companion on the shelf. Building a shelf around records like these starts with our beginner turntable picks.
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