![]() ![]() especially when we're navigating the dark. A record about mistakes but one that lets you bask in their beautiful chaos because as she tells you, over and over here, life is all a learning experience. ![]() I assume i can only guess Its the question to what ive asked That appear when time has passed It felt like many years Taking apart our home I dug through forty years all alone on my own on my own on my own on my own Was it all. However, even the songs that feel repetitive are masterfully done and as one big narrative, Baker delivers gold. Touch Amor frontman and wordsmith Jeremy Bolm reflects on the raw and open truthfulness that bonds his band with their fans. That happens with "Even" - an acoustic track that strums like a '90s guitar interlude - and this makes you want even more differentiation. I wouldn't say one-dimensional, that'd be too harsh but I honestly think she has the vocal prowess and lyrical finesse (way beyond acts like Laura Stevenson, Frances Quinlan and Waxahatchee, whom I all adore) to pull off other styles and to, well. Track List Flowers and You New Halloween Rapture Displacement Benediction Eight Seconds Palm Dreams Softer Spoken Posing Holy Water Damage Skyscraper. I'll admit though that the rest of the songs follow in a similar vein and it gets a tad repetitive. She never forces her hand and the record opens with a bevy of these subtle-sounding tracks: "Appointments", "Shadowboxing" and the self-titled song - all to great effect. Stylistically, her subtle confessions are constructed to minimal sound-beds, built on guitar picks, piano keys and the hum of organs. Touche Amore - Skyscraper Album Lyrics 1. ![]() This is just a preview Preview the embedded widget. Baker waxes poetic on so many things here - family, friends and relationships. Get the embed code Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your sites styles (CSS). It's also a great evolution and a mark of maturity from her 2015 debut Sprained Ankle. Turn Out The Lights accomplishes just that, teaching us that it's okay to hurt and heal, and more specifically, to believe in said light. Intro: G C Em D G C Skies are crying, I am watching Em D Catching teardrops in my hands G C Em D Only silence, as its ending, like we never had a chance. Julien Baker has been on my radar for about a year now after I heard her on Touche Amore's last record via "Skyscraper." I did some research and what I found was a young songstress ready to bring her Memphis woe to the fore and expose her heart and very soul. ![]()
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