After a lot teasing, Julien Baker and Torres have lastly introduced their new collaborative album, Ship a Prayer My Approach. The LP, which arrives April 18 through 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 beneath.
In a press release concerning the tune’s origin, Torres’ Mackenzie Scott shared, “The morning I went to choose up my canine Sylvia from an upstate shelter, I used to be at house 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 jot down a tune like that, a tune that folks may really feel of their chest inside 5 seconds of turning on the radio, as a result of anybody who has ever had the glory of sharing a house with a beloved pet is aware of {that a} pet is household—they’re the very best buddies you might ever have.”
Final 12 months, Baker and Torres launched the tune “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 observe is certainly one of 12 on the brand new album. Ship a Prayer My Approach is their first album written and carried out collectively, however has been a shared concept between the 2 artists courting way back to 2016.
In fact, this isn’t practically the primary collaborative album on Baker’s résumé, as she put out the Grammy-winning album The File 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 Monumental 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 Approach:
01 Filth
02 The Solely Marble I’ve Bought 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
