^^^^that is awesome.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 3 April 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
http://www.stereogum.com/1869199/julien-baker-the-ballad-of-big-nothing-elliott-smith-cover/mp3s/
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 4 April 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
Excellent show last night. Kind of an eerie moment when, after taking in the entire set in stone silence, the crowd worked up the courage to start singing along with "Something."
― Evan R, Sunday, 17 April 2016 16:49 (eight years ago) link
holy shit there were a ton of people at her Minneapolis show on Friday. where are people talking about her besides here?
― Ys Man a.k.a. Have One on G (geoffreyess), Sunday, 17 April 2016 16:54 (eight years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Monday, 18 April 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
Amazing live. Also it was my first time trying MDMA (in slightly too small a dose, I think), which made it extra nice.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 04:26 (eight years ago) link
i'm seeing her tonight! no mdma tho.
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 14:46 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Evan R, Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
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/
― Evan R, Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:09 (eight years ago) link
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
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
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
― niels, Monday, 23 May 2016 10:27 (eight years ago) link
bury me with this album
― Evan R, Friday, 1 July 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
NPR is streaming her set at Newport. Starts a bit slow but it's greathttp://www.npr.org/event/music/488354526/julien-baker-live-in-concert-newport-folk-2016
― video2000, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
Signed to Matador, no shock there. "Funeral Pyre" is a bruiser.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
Do you reckon we'll get a second album this year following the Matador signing? I really hope so.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
seconded
― niels, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 14:36 (seven years ago) link
I think there's a very good chance of that happening, yeah
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 14:38 (seven years ago) link
Funeral Pyre sounds great
Wonder if she'll record with a band now she's on a bigger label
― niels, Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
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
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
Whoa pushed submit by accident. Anyways watch her live while you can!
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
I listened to "Sprained Ankle" the other week and it almost broke me in half
― monotony, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
but it was just a sprain, tho?
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
"Everybody Does" sends these weird and terrible shivers down my spine every time.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 4 February 2017 09:01 (seven years ago) link
new song "distant solar systems" is out there
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 17 March 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
Almost breezy by her standards!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 17 March 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link
another new song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7fFavJQ0k
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 10 June 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
sounds great, digging the guitar work
― niels, Saturday, 10 June 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
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.
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 August 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
Yay! Looking forward to crying all November.
― devvvine, Thursday, 17 August 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
sounds great!
loving the cover, wonder if it's for sale as a poster somewhere?
― niels, Thursday, 17 August 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
cool I'm tearing up at work
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 17 August 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
her voice is huge in the last bit, my goodness
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 17 August 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
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.
― Evan R, Thursday, 17 August 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
The first new song is great, shivers down the back of the neck at the finale!
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 17 August 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
Video for Appointments just released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdBu21i9aEE
I really like the latter stages.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 14 September 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
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
― flopson, Thursday, 14 September 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
i gotta be real "appointments" reminds me of taylor swift's "dear john"
for me this is a great thing
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 September 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
or like "dear john" merging with jimmy eat world's "hear you me"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 September 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
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?
― niels, Friday, 15 September 2017 07:46 (six years ago) link
jfc this new album
I know you do better when you're by yourselfFree from the weight of my dirt-poor health...
― Evan R, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
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
― Mordy, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
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.
― Evan R, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
um what do i have to do to get access to that stream?
― Mordy, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
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)
― Evan R, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
hmmm i haven't written a review in like 5 years but it might be worth it to hear this early...
― Mordy, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
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."
― Evan R, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
When is this coming out? 'Appointments' is so achingly great.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 18 September 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
listening to Sprained Ankle now, it is indeed a unique tearjerker
― niels, Monday, 18 September 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
Out Oct. 27, just before the cruelest week of the year (when daylight savings time ends and the world suddenly feels very, very dark).
― Evan R, Monday, 18 September 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link