Phoebe Bridgers’ next release (and most recent, at least until next month’s album drop) was her first full-length album with Boygenius.
She, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker reunited in 2023 to release The Record, an album that built on the promise of their 2018 EP. It was a major critical success, landing seven Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year, and winning three.
In 2018, Phoebe Bridgers joined with fellow singer-songwriters Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus to form the supergroup Boygenius. Their first EP, self-titled, has a cover photo modeled after the debut of another supergroup, Crosby, Stills & Nash.
It’s funny to think of a “supergroup” comprised of three people 95% of music fans haven’t heard of, but if you’re into queer indie folk rock women, Boygenius is the Avengers.
On the eve of the 2020 presidential election, when it looked like Joe Biden could defeat Donald Trump by holding the Blue Wall and flipping some reliably red states, Jason Isbell took to Twitter:
“If Biden wins Georgia I’m gonna make a charity covers album of my favorite Georgia songs- REM, Gladys Knight, Vic Chesnutt, Allmans, Cat Power, Precious Bryant, Now It’s Overhead, etc… And damn is that gonna be fun.”
The Record, the first full-length release by supergroup Boygenius, is one of the year’s most celebrated releases so far. Boygenius is a collaboration between indie rockers Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, a trio who have written and performed together since 2018 when not nurturing their own successful solo careers.
I’m quite familiar with Bridgers, who is a favorite of my daughters, but the other two artists are new to me. This lovely, powerful album suggests I should spend some time getting to know them as well.
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