Concert review

Of course Phoebe Bridgers would make the quietest, tenderest part of her set the centerpiece of her first arena tour.

The master of vividly intimate, folk-leaning indie rock reappeared alone on a small satellite stage partway into her Friday show at a darkened Climate Pledge Arena. Kneeling in isolation at a Mellotron keyboard, Bridgers conjured haunted organ sounds beneath an overhead light resembling a faraway star, as smoke atmospherically swirled around her like cosmic dust.

Bridgers’ voice softly leaned into “Lost Weekend,” the title track and keystone to her riveting new album (her first solo record in six years), like a weary head to a pillow. Its gentle melody was borrowed from beloved Washington songwriter Damien Jurado, who Bridgers acknowledged was in the house that evening.…