Julien Baker is an acquired taste - assuming of course you’ve acquired great taste in singer songwriters… beautiful, devastating, honest, insightful… I’ve not heard a single song of hers that hasn’t left me in absolute awe. crisbroadhurst
There's something about this album that speaks to me on a subconscious level. I'm 23 as I write this, and Jess was also around 22 when she released this. It's a bit of a confusing, lonely time, and you do a lot of growing up in such a short interval. Many of the songs on this album relate to this.
Also, so many songs and albums have a summer or fall feeling to it, but this album is a great winter/spring, specifically February through April. perhapsitsnate
On their 3rd release, this North Carolina-based trio continue to blur the lines between roots rock, folk, pop, and country styles. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 28, 2016
An album so full of bitter wit and keen foresight, you could almost swear that Joshua Tillman is clairvoyant who was soundtracking the end-of-days all the way back in 2017. The only thing that can go toe-to-toe with the weight of his lyrical subject matter is the emotional weight of the instrumentation on this album. If these songs are what plays at the end-credits of humanity, I would not complain. James Loves You