Julien Rose Baker born September 29, is an American indie rock singer and guitarist. Her music is noted for its moody quality and confessional lyrical style, as well as frank explorations of topics including Christianity , addiction , mental illness , and human nature. She has received six Grammy Award nominations and three wins as a member of Boygenius. The album received critical acclaim and appeared on several year-end lists.
Baker subsequently signed to Matador Records and released her second studio album Turn Out the Lights in , to further critical success. Her third album, Little Oblivions , embraced a more full-band sound and became Baker's first top 40 album on the Billboard chart. In addition to her solo work, Baker is a member of the indie supergroup Boygenius, alongside Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.
The group's debut eponymous EP was released in October Boygenius announced their reunion in January , and their debut studio album The Record was released in March. Their newest release, titled The Rest , was released in October Baker is also in a country duo with Torres , debuting together in Baker was born on September 29, , in Germantown , and raised in Bartlett, Tennessee , near Memphis. She has spoken of being inspired by her father who, after an accident in his twenties resulting in the amputation of his leg, dedicated his life to making experimental prosthetic limbs.
Baker grew up in a devout Baptist family, and her early exposure to music involved playing at her church. During her first year at MTSU , Baker began writing songs on her own, often utilizing the university practice rooms that stayed open late at night.
She has said that she never thought the EP would be heard by a wide audience; she put it on Bandcamp so that her friends could hear it.
