Lost Weekend

Pitchfork 8.4/10 For her third solo album, Phoebe Bridgers expands and contracts, capturing experiences that are strange, solitary, and hers alone. It is the quietest, most cohesive record in her discography.

The Needle Drop 9/10 Phoebe at her most ambitious and fully-formed.

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 From the carefree whistling that begins the besotted “Liberty Tree” to father’s haunting voicemail that concludes “Never Going Back!”, every sonic element on Lost Weekend successfully lulls you into the galactic afterlife realm and raises an existential question: what does it take to live a truly fulfilled life amidst these sorrows?

NME 5/5 With her third album, Bridgers bleeds her pen dry over lush orchestration that tells the story of love and loss as vividly as her words.

Rolling Stone 4.5/5 After a six-year break between solo projects, the songwriter returns with Lost Weekend, a spectacular song cycle on love and loss.

Dork 5/5 'Lost Weekend' is a deliciously strange record.

DIY 4/5 A dense, introspective opus as complex and unpredictable as its author.

The Forty Five 5/5 She’s ploughed the depths of human emotion: love, death, apathy, violence to create a record that is so unbelievably personal and revealing, it speaks entirely for itself.

All Music 4/5 Bridgers’ self-aware songwriting style is masterful to the point of not needing much more than the most basic elements to captivate completely, but Lost Weekend presents them with the high definition of a Hollywood blockbuster, painstakingly crafted so that every trembling whisper can be heard from anywhere in the arena.

The Skinny 5/5 The third studio album from Phoebe Bridgers is stitched into near-perfection with love, patience and resilience.

Under The Radar 9.0/10 Both sides of Lost Weekend are essential; the desolate ache of loss makes way for new beginnings, and Phoebe Bridgers stands ready to embrace both on her most well-realized album yet.

Clash 8/10 Not an easy record to absorb but undoubtedly a thrilling one.

Mojo 4/5 For a record so defined by absence, Lost Weekend proves, thankfully, that Bridgers is still very much here.

Slant 4.5/5 The album is a rigorously crafted memorandum charting a period of dissociation.

The Guardian 5/5 A heady, potent, occasionally wrenching album, albeit one flecked with optimism.

Spectrum Culture 95% On Lost Weekend, Bridgers shows that she’s a superstar who can walk among us and share what she’s struggling with, while still making us feel it—deeply.

Beats Per Minute 85% Ultimately, despite the tumultuous few years Bridgers has faced, Lost Weekend triumphs as her strongest body of work to date.

The Telegraph 5/5 Her most ambitious and sonically experimental album yet.

The Irish Times 4/5 The singer brilliantly articulates what it’s like to have a lot going on in your head but find the world overwhelming

Uncut 8/10 Bold production plus more fearless candour on her consummate third LP.

Hot Press 8.0/10 It's the duality of darkness and light that makes Lost Weekend so good.