After a lot teasing, Julien Baker and Torres have lastly introduced their new collaborative album, Ship a Prayer My Manner. The LP, which arrives April 18 by way of Matador, finds each indie-rock artists turning towards a rustic sound. Get a style of that with “Sylvia,” their newest single from the album, which comes with a Caity Arthur–directed video starring members of the Stud Nation group. Test it out under.
In a press release in regards to the track’s origin, Torres’ Mackenzie Scott shared, “The morning I went to select up my canine Sylvia from an upstate shelter, I used to be at residence making my espresso and I turned on WFMU and Dolly Parton’s ‘Cracker Jack’ was on. I burst into tears—it felt just like the universe was telling me she was going to be mine. (Sylvia was solely meant to be a foster.) I keep in mind pondering that I’d love to put in writing a track like that, a track that individuals may really feel of their chest inside 5 seconds of turning on the radio, as a result of anybody who has ever had the honour of sharing a house with a beloved pet is aware of {that a} pet is household—they’re the very best mates you could possibly ever have.”
Final 12 months, Baker and Torres launched the track “Sugar within the Tank” and carried out it collectively on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, with Baker on banjo and Torres on electrical guitar. That monitor is one in all 12 on the brand new album. Ship a Prayer My Manner is their first album written and carried out collectively, however has been a shared thought between the 2 artists courting way back to 2016.
After all, this isn’t practically the primary collaborative album on Baker’s résumé, as she put out the Grammy-winning album The Document along with her Boygenius bandmates, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, in 2023, in addition to their follow-up The Relaxation. As for Scott, her most up-to-date Torres LP was 2024’s What an Huge Room.
Revisit the interviews “I’m Drowning however I’m OK: The Revelations of Torres’ Mackenzie Scott” and “Julien Baker on Being Queer, Southern, Christian, and Proud” on the Pitch.
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Ship a Prayer My Manner:
01 Grime
02 The Solely Marble I’ve Received Left
03 Sugar within the Tank
04 Backside of a Bottle
05 Downhill Each Methods
06 No Desert Flower
07 Tape Runs Out
08 Off the Wagon
09 Tuesday
10 Showdown
11 Sylvia
12 Goodbye Child
