Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle, my god

holy shit there were a ton of people at her Minneapolis show on Friday. where are people talking about her besides here?

Seems like a situation where people are just gradually converted as they discover her. Glad I caught a club show; I wouldn't be surprised if she's playing theaters by the time she tours behind her next album

Amazing live. Also it was my first time trying MDMA (in slightly too small a dose, I think), which made it extra nice.

i'm seeing her tonight! no mdma tho.

Again marveling at what a remarkable feat this album is. Over the last six months nearly every track on it has been my favorite at some point (most recently I landed on "Good News" as the clear standout, but that could change). Can't think of a recent record that unfolded and grew on me at such a systematic pace. I never burn out on the record, because every time I think I've finally tapped it dry, a different song starts speaking to me.

Ack, jesus christ speak of the devil

http://www.stereogum.com/1874106/watch-julien-baker-sing-good-news-with-sharon-van-etten-in-nyc/video/

i saw her and it was remarkable, really could hear a pindrop (except for the creaky-ass floor at the venue... at one point someone near the front needed to go to the washroom or something, and she walked away, and it was SO LOUD)

after seeing her live, rejoice absolutely jumped out, what a song

saw her live friday, absolutely amazing - entire show was a highlight but "everybody does", "good news", "blacktop" and "go home" stood out for me, eyes welling up

quickly ran into her later and she came off as the nicest person, as she also does in recent piece published on p4k

while the songs feel very contemporary to me in their intimacy, I couldn't help but feel they could become part of the western cannon same way as dylan/joni/browne/townes/etc's stuff

bury me with this album

NPR is streaming her set at Newport. Starts a bit slow but it's great
http://www.npr.org/event/music/488354526/julien-baker-live-in-concert-newport-folk-2016

Signed to Matador, no shock there. "Funeral Pyre" is a bruiser.

Do you reckon we'll get a second album this year following the Matador signing? I really hope so.

seconded

I think there's a very good chance of that happening, yeah

Funeral Pyre sounds great

Wonder if she'll record with a band now she's on a bigger label

Kind of reminds me of hearing Because I Was In Love for the first time and appreciating that this is a songwriter who will probably go on to make better records, but will probably never make one this raw and pure again

― Evan R, jueves 5 de noviembre de 2015 20:51 (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha! I was just talking about this with a friend yesterday. She's 21 I think? She certainly has the potential talent to continue doing even better music but as she gets older it's a given that sensitive types of singers get a bit burnt down and they stop delivering heavily emotional performances. Most I've seen become more tired, more cynical or simply start becoming more obsessed about layering sounds in the studio instead of raw performances.

I don't think she'll ever be as

Whoa pushed submit by accident. Anyways watch her live while you can!

I listened to "Sprained Ankle" the other week and it almost broke me in half

but it was just a sprain, tho?

"Everybody Does" sends these weird and terrible shivers down my spine every time.

new song "distant solar systems" is out there

Almost breezy by her standards!

another new song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7fFavJQ0k

sounds great, digging the guitar work

also: https://www.instagram.com/p/BUpXYC5AE2s/

new album turn out the lights out october 27

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5994f719b5493d7110d146be/master/pass/JB_cover02.jpg

new song "appointments" is on spotify and etc.

Yay! Looking forward to crying all November.

sounds great!

loving the cover, wonder if it's for sale as a poster somewhere?

cool I'm tearing up at work

her voice is huge in the last bit, my goodness

only songwriter who's ever made me physically reluctant to press play for fear of what she might make me experience

Her first album is inextricably associated with a personal trauma, so that's a big part of it, but she's the only artist that's given me that feeling. Like, I don't even know a way of describing it that isn't completely hyperbolic. I don't feel like I'm listening to the songs, I feel like they're happening to me, the evocations are so strong.

The first new song is great, shivers down the back of the neck at the finale!

Video for Appointments just released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdBu21i9aEE

I really like the latter stages.

i thought the first album was called 'sprained ankle, my god' because of this thread until i saw it in a record store last week

i gotta be real "appointments" reminds me of taylor swift's "dear john"

for me this is a great thing

or like "dear john" merging with jimmy eat world's "hear you me"

haha, I didn't know those songs but listening now and very otm - she def has the potential to cross over

loving the single, which is apparently the first one off the album, maybe the other 2 were from an abandoned ep?

jfc this new album

I know you do better when you're by yourself
Free from the weight of my dirt-poor health...

wait is the new album out out yet or you're just talking about the singles?

i'm so excited i'm seeing her next month in philly

New album. Not out yet, but I've been sitting on a stream I've been too timid to listen to until lately

I probably won't spend too much time with the LP before it's public. This is unusually fraught territory for me, so I kinda want the support group experience of listening to it with other people. (Without getting too much into my personal stuff, "Appointments" alone is enough to leave me in a mild fog of panic for hours. There was a time when Baker's music really helped build me back up, but lately it feels like a straight trigger, sad in an almost unhealthy/unconstructive way, so I don't quite know what to do with it now. In a lifetime of listening to music, I've never been in a position remotely like this before).

But as for the album itself it's gorgeous and triumphant and potent and brilliantly written and it totally lives up to the promise of the debut, while expanding on it in so many different ways. I'm hoping I can find a place for it in my life, because it's phenomenal.

um what do i have to do to get access to that stream?

pitch a review somewhere. If you're interested in possibly covering it I can PM you the publicist contact (it's being serviced through a very critic-friendly PR firm and label)

hmmm i haven't written a review in like 5 years but it might be worth it to hear this early...

yeah can't hurt. Even if you just wanted to pitch somewhere small or modest, a blog you enjoy or something, it might be worth it and the publicist would probably be cool with that. It's the kind of album that stirs a lot of thoughts. I can't imagine anybody listening and being like, "nah, I don't have much to say about this."

When is this coming out? 'Appointments' is so achingly great.

listening to Sprained Ankle now, it is indeed a unique tearjerker

Out Oct. 27, just before the cruelest week of the year (when daylight savings time ends and the world suddenly feels very, very dark).

Ahhh that's perfect, thanks

Two more thoughts then I'll shut up for a few weeks: The title track is an experience and I'm excited to see how she plays it live, and "Sour Breath" is one of her best songs

Any percussion?