Julien Baker And Torres Announce Debut Collaborative Album 'Send A Prayer My Way'
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Ybru Yildiz
Julien Baker and Torres have laid out plans for their debut album together.
The pair will release 'Send A Prayer My Way' through Matador Records on April 18, after dropping a number of hints online, and releasing Sugar In The Tank, their first collaborative single, in December.
The first signs of a joint project emerged when the two played a show together in 2016, after which they turned to each other and said, "you know, we should make a country album."
Alongside the announcement, the duo have released Sylvia, a soft, country ballad that offers mournful, emotion-fuelled lyrics and gentle vocal harmonies backed by pedal steel guitar. Head below to view the accompanying black and white video, which captures the pair working in the studio and performing the song live. Torres said:
"The morning I went to pick up my dog Sylvia from an upstate shelter, I was at home making my coffee and I turned on WFMU and Dolly Parton’s ‘Cracker Jack’ was on. I burst into tears—it felt like the universe was telling me she was going to be mine (Sylvia was only meant to be a foster). I remember thinking that I’d love to write a song like that, a song that people could feel in their chest within five seconds of turning on the radio, because anyone who has ever had the honor of sharing a home with a beloved pet knows that a pet is family—they’re the best friends you could ever have."
The duo have US tour dates in the diary between late March and early July. Head here for details.
Baker's latest solo album is 2021's 'Little Oblivions', though since then she has worked with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus as Boygenius, who released their Grammy-winning debut, 'The Record', in 2023.
Torres, meanwhile, put out her most recent LP, 'What An Enormous Room', in January 2024 via Merge Records.
'Send A Prayer My Way' tracklist:
1. Dirt
2. The Only Marble I've Got Left
3. Sugar in the Tank
4. Bottom of a Bottle
5. Downhill Both Ways
6. No Desert Flower
7. Tape Runs Out
8. Off the Wagon
9. Tuesday
10. Showdown
11. Sylvia
12. Goodbye Baby
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