Mutual admiration can be awkward to express, especially across a generation gap. Phoebe Bridgers grew up listening to Bright Eyes, and her delicate songs about the risks of intimacy reflect this influence. This shared aesthetic led to Oberst guesting on Bridgers’ 2017 debut, the first seeds of this full-length collaboration. There is some sonic similarity with Bridgers’ other recent collaboration, the folk-indie supergroup Boygenius (which features fellow contemporary guitar loyalists Julien…
