This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Jia Tolentino, writing at The New Yorker: When she was twelve, she made her dad take her to see Underoath, a post-hardcore band that, like her, circles Christian ideas without courting a specifically Christian fan base. “It revolutionized my world to watch someone imploring the audience in that way,” Baker said. (She has a stick-and-poke tattoo of the band’s logo.) It was soon after this that she got into the local punk scene. “A house show feels like a true faith community, socialist and communal,” she said. “The lead singer is less than two feet away from thirty people who are screaming the same thing. Punk teaches the same inversion of power as the Gospel—you learn that the coolest thing about having a microphone is turning it away from your own mouth.” Expand - View Original
Based on the concluding paragraph of this article, it looks like she was one (or that she at least held to some sort of view of "total depravity" -- although a seemingly skewed view, from what this writer said); but Baker's current pastor has more recently changed Baker's views.
This was an incredible read. As someone who has been non-religious for many years, I've never agreed with an outwardly-religious person nearly as much as I have Julien Baker.
Restarting to get into her. This new album has really caught my attention as well. Love the whole story and hoping I get more into her music
....soooo does this mean she saw Underoath back when they didn't think dinosaurs or gay marriage were real?