EP Reviews: Boygenius, Geese, Bibio
the rest EP - boygenius Earlier this year Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker released their long-awaited debut album as Boygenius. The album itself was, fine. It features some big highlights like Not Strong Enough but I definitely had my issues with the album which I talked about in my full review. That's why I wasn't particularly thrilled to dive into the leftovers from the album, but given the pure talent of everyone involved it felt worthwhile. The project leads off with Black Hole a song whose instrumentation is roughly assembled in a pretty compelling way that I didn't anticipate the band experimenting with. While I think it fits Julien's fragile vocals on the first verse more than the harmonizing on the second I was still surprised to enjoy the song every time. Voyager is a pretty solid Phoebe Bridgers-led ballad that reminds me of deep-cut Punisher highlights like Halloween . Yes, it does fall victim to some of her songwriting "quirk...