What’s better than an indie superstar singer-songwriter? Three! Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus have formed like Voltron to become…Boygenius! (Get it, because they’re all girls?). They each take a song.
Dacus has the lead with “Bite the Hand,” a love song about breaking up. “I can’t love you like you want me to” is a simple and straightforward enough refrain, but it’s also got a lot to unpack.
Bridgers is next, with the modern folk song “Me and My Dog,” a sad and moving ballad: “I cried at your show with the teenagers…I wanna be emaciated…I wanna hear one song without thinking of you…I wanna be in a spaceship, just me and my dog and an impossible view.” Gut punching lyrics.
And finally, Baker takes the lead on Stay Down, which may be the most heartfelt of the three–and that’s saying something.
The three ladies will tour together behind a full EP (all three songs plus two more) that’s due in November.
November 4 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
November 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
November 7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
November 8 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
November 10 – Toronto, Ontario @ Danforth Music Hall
November 11 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
November 12 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
November 13 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
November 15 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
November 16 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
November 17 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
November 19 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
November 20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
November 23 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Commodore Ballroom
November 24 – Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre
November 25 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
November 27 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
November 29 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
November 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
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