Description

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.