Boygenius - Boygenius (New Vinyl LP)

Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus formed Boygenius after booking a tour together, but the trio had subconsciously been in the works for longer than that. Through a series of tours and performances and chance encounters that led to friendships – including Bridgers” and Dacus” first in-person meeting backstage at a Philadelphia festival, greenroom hangouts that felt instantly comfortable, and a couple of long email chains – the lyrically and musically arresting singer-songwriters and kindred spirits got to know each other on their own terms. With gut-wrenchingly personal yet easily relatable verses and spare, lilting melodic arrangements, all three are leading a new rock vanguard that values unflinching self-awareness and unassailable songcraft. Baker”s slow builds and taut vocals add urgency to “”Souvenir”” and “”Stay Down,”” while album opener “”Bite the Hand”” roils with slow-burning layers of guitar as Dacus stands in her devastating truth: “”I can”t love you like you want me to.”” The Bridgers-architected “”Me & My Dog”” chugs into view with a deceptively simple open-road riff and Bridgers” insistent recounting of a relationship that couldn”t help but fall apart.

Tracklist

Bite The Hand
Me & My Dog
Souvenir
Stay Down
Salt In The Wound
Ketchum, ID