Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle Artist_Desire

Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle Artist_DesireMemphis, TN based songwriter Julien Baker is the latest addition to the Matador Records roster. The 21 year olds devastating and vulnerable debut album, Sprained Ankle, which was originally released in 2015 and now gets re released by Matador. The album was recorded at Spacebomb Studios, though Julien's songs dont share the down home gloss of the other albums produced there. Instead of beefing up her honest tunes with rich layering like Natalie Prass

Their words and actions provided the rope he needed to leave that pit behind and emerge with a newfound appreciation of those around him

He had “the personality of a hydrogen bomb”—as the notorious ultraleft band the Brain Police once put it—and a sound to match

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opiate groove and bring rock’n’roll’s exaggerated myths to life

alternately ominous

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Choosing a name from words written on beach balls and swimming rings

Breakbot saw his "One Out Of Two" track remixed by a healthy squadron of electronic artist this year

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viewed the Budapest concert as akin to a homecoming

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there were Peel excursions