Punisher is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, released in June 2020.
It is the follow up to her 2017 debut album, Stranger in the Alps. In the years prior to her sophomore effort, the California native also formed the bands boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center. Punisher was recorded over a year and a half at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and reunited Bridgers with producers Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska, who also engineered Alps.
Its recording process was collaborative with its liner notes crediting over two dozen prominent musicians, including Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Christian Lee Hutson, Jim Keltner, Blake Mills, and Conor Oberst. Punisher was supported by five singles "Garden Song", "Kyoto", "ICU", "I Know the End" and "Savior Complex".
Upon its release, the album attracted acclaim from music critics, who celebrated its open lyricism.
