Little Oblivions - Julien Baker: Review
Julien Baker is a Tennessee based singer-songwriter who first emerged in 2015 with a breakout debut album Sprained Ankle . She followed this up with a critically acclaimed sophomore album and as a member of the indie supergroup Boygenius with Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers. This collaboration explains the uncharacteristic 4 year gap between studio album releases that has lead to Little Oblivions . Review By Lav: While I enjoyed the versatility and creativity put on display on the short but incredibly sweet Boygenius project I haven't been quite as in love with Julien's solo work. While 2017's Turn Out The Lights was an improvement I saw Julien Baker as merely above average prescence in the incredibly saturated world of singer-songwriter music. While she is no doubt a gifted lyricist I feel like her music so often falls into the same painfully generic tropes of the genre. I heard a few singles that didn't get me particularly excited for the record as a whole, but now t...