Julien Baker Band • Page 13

Is anyone here seeing her again coming up? I'm seeing her next month. If anyone is before that I hope they report back here about new songs.

 

Found a bit of 'Break My Heart/Red Door' cuts out during the aforementioned Mike Kinsella-sque riff.

 

Oh, man. That's really great. I need the rest of it.

 

I really hope that the untitled song from the Gutterhaus performance is released in some form. I've listened to that live version almost as much as I've listened to the album at this point.

Edit: Stripped Sessions at Primavera Sound with Julien Baker

Here's an acoustic session she did with Red Bull at Primavera, short but interesting interview in the middle. Certainly worth a watch.

 

I love that one too. It's super old though, that was from well before the album came out. I wonder if she's moved past it, or would ever do anything with it at this point.

 

Purely speculation here but maybe because it was different thematically from the SA material was why it didn't make it on the album. But I feel you maybe right in regards to her moving past it, it hasn't appeared live in any capacity recently (at least to my knowledge).

 

It won't happen. I'm 99% sure. She wrote that song years ago, it doesn't fit anything she's moving towards.

 

I'm hoping to go to Summerfest in July, and would be going to see her open for Death Cab for Cutie. Being a festival I don't know if she'd play any of these new songs, but regardless that would be a night with a whole lot of feelings present.

 

Just anyone by chance know if there is a way to hear the old demo album version of Sprained Ankle still?

 

@Ryan Gardner I'd like that too, although it was possibly only mixed, with a song added or so, if I remember correctly, it's probably not too different.

I regret I missed her European tour right now, it wasn't anywhere close (I usually look up to 500km), and the next one might be vastly different.

 

It was just released as an EP and unmastered. Then they re-released it as a full album under the label.

 

Yeah so I guess it won't sound that much different, but I'd be curious to hear it anyway.

 

I plan on seeing her at FYF this summer. I just hope they don't stick her with a super early slot. They got her really low on the bill which has me worried she's gonna open a stage.

 

Got through 5 tracks of "Sprained Ankle" before I had to stop, because of how bored I was; just got no emotional reaction out of the songs at all

 

does not compute.

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Sprained Ankle was one of the most emotional records I heard in 2015. So incredibly cathartic.

 

Yeah not many artists can speak to me like Julien Baker can but I'll admit that her and I having similar backgrounds (queer, southern, agnostic, drug abuse, mental issues/bipolar disorder) makes it almost impossible for me to not feel some sort of catharsis and comfort in her music and her interviews/discussions

 

For me I was strictly paying attention to the music itself; opinion has nothing to do with the lyrics, as I don't really remember really paying attention to them. The music itself didn't really move me at all, but for some people lyrics are much more prominent in their listening experience, and I can see how this record would appeal to some people in deep ways, as has been discussed, which is awesome.

 

i thought it was super emotionally powerful even though i literally didn't pay attention to the lyrics at all

 

Sprained Ankle is honestly what is probably the record I've emotionally and personally connected to more than any I've ever heard. I'm not going to say it's the "best" because that's way too subjective a label to put on something like music, and I usually don't even like saying something is in my all time favorites less than a year after release, but I can count on one hand the number of albums that even come close to having such a deep emotional impact like this one does. It's an unbelievably important piece of art to me.

As for lyrics vs music, I obviously like the musical side of it a great deal, but I still find myself noticing things about the music that I didn't pick up on before because it's such a lyrically driven piece of work and I'm almost completely paying attention to the writing. But then again, lyrics are the #1 thing that draws me to any music, so I guess that sort of makes sense for me.

 

Blocked.

 

Also, for what it's worth, this album was a massive inspiration and influence on the record I've been writing and recording. This is honestly the only thing I can think of that's an accurate RIYL for my own material. Like, her style is by no means unique to her but the way she uses her instrumental tracks as a *vessel* for the lyrics and vocals is masterful. She has such a great balance of subdued, sparse instrumentals and vibrant, emotionally-gripping lyrics. I can't wait for what she does next.

 

I think you may want to consult a doctor. It sounds like there's something wrong with your heart.

 

I'm not even a huge lyrics person but I don't understand how you could listen to this particular album and not have them be the focal point. It is unfathomable to me.