Fresh Press Friday (8/12/2026): Phoebe Bridgers, Boa, Mos Def, Jungle
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Fresh Press Friday: Phoebe Bridgers Returns
Boa. Mos Def. Jungle. Marilyn Manson. Out now on vinyl.
This week is massive. Phoebe Bridgers returns after six years with Lost Weekend — her most ambitious album yet. Plus Boa on Zoetrope, Mos Def's The Ecstatic, and Evan Fong's Speed. Out now.
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Phoebe Bridgers — Lost Weekend [Green Splatter Vinyl]
Six years away. Six years of silence. Now Phoebe Bridgers returns with Lost Weekend, a 16-song, nearly-hour-long album that covers her father's death, grief, and falling in love — an idiosyncratic, tightly crafted set of revelatory songs. Co-produced with Jack Antonoff and Alex G, critics are calling it her most confident and fully realized album, "the most crushing of countless revealing moments" that pushes her forwards in thrilling new directions. An album of cycles, grief, and rebirth — on limited green splatter vinyl with a 20-page full-color lyric booklet. The moment she's back. Lock it in.
Mos Def — The Ecstatic [2LP Ruby Red Translucent Vinyl]
A decade after Black on Both Sides, yasiin bey returns with hip-hop's most ambitious statement — Madlib, J Dilla, and Chad Hugo weaving jazz, soul, and Middle-Eastern influences into one restless, eclectic masterpiece. Lyrically incisive and thematically fearless, The Ecstatic remains a mature, deeply felt exploration of identity, inequality, and cultural resistance.
Boa — Twilight (25th Anniversary) [Zoetrope Picture Disc]
The cult anime classic spins forever — "Duvet" meets animated vinyl on Drew Tetz's zoetrope art. Atmospheric alt-rock that defined a generation, now experiencing a viral resurgence. 25 years of identity, longing, and connection.
Marilyn Manson — One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 [Limited CD with O-Card]
Industrial rock's provocateur returns with nine new tracks of gothic atmosphere and signature fusion fury. This limited CD edition with exclusive O-card is what everyone's after — two vinyl variants also available, but once this CD is gone, it's gone.
Also New This Week
- Jungle — Sunshine [Vinyl] — summer's infectious pulse, vibrant pop with soulful grooves that stick.
- Helluva Boss — Season 2 Soundtrack [Pink Splatter Vinyl] — animated chaos on wax, Brandon Rogers, Norman Reedus, and the full cast sing hell loose.
- Conan Gray — Wishbone Deluxe [2LP Midnight Black Wall] — the original album plus five unreleased tracks, indie-pop intimacy with wall art included.
- The Womack Sisters [Opaque Purple Vinyl] — soul legacy made new, the next generation carries the family forward on Daptone.
- Katseye — Wild [Precious Jade Vinyl] — K-pop's wildest era, euphoric and untamed on collectible jade vinyl.
- Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux — Prolific [Canary Yellow Vinyl] — Nipsey's legacy lives, 15 tracks of collaborative genius on limited yellow vinyl.
- Judah & the Lion — I Am A Prism [LP] — genre-blurring chaos, Beastie Boys meets folk roots on their boldest album yet.
- Curtis Mayfield — Superfly [Rhino Hi-Fi] — orchestral soul that critiqued the streets it soundtracked, 12 million copies later, the masterpiece reborn.
- No Cure — It Is Going To Get Dark [Transparent Red Vinyl LP] — darkness embraced on red vinyl, no escape, no apologies.
- Becky G — Baraja Bendita [Opaque Black Vinyl + 12x24" Poster] — fully unleashed, bilingual swagger and sensual liberation on 17 tracks.
- Evan Fong — Speed [Vinyl LP] — DIY obsession, every note written, composed, and produced by him alone.
- Gentle Giant — In A Glass House (2026 Remix & Remaster) [Orange Vinyl LP] — prog's masterpiece reborn, 30 instruments, 5.1 surround, never sounded this good.
- Jon Batiste — Monk Movements [LP] — Thelonious Monk through Batiste's fingers, contemplative jazz mastery.
- Grace Cummings — Bloodhorse [Burgundy Vinyl LP] — Australian dark poetry, gorgeous to grotesque, sacred to profane.
Phoebe's back, an anime classic spins forever, and a DIY YouTuber's obsession got its own pressing. All out now — get in before they're gone.
— Drowned World Records