JULIEN BAKER

Julien Baker grew up in Memphis, learning to play music in church as a child. That early tension between faith, doubt, and the need to be heard led her to write her own music and join bands in the local Memphis indie hardcore scene.

She shot to worldwide attention in 2015 with her debut, Sprained Ankle. Recorded in just a few days, it was a bleak yet hopeful meditation on identity, addiction, faith, resilience and redemption, yet intimate enough to feel like a confession. Turn Out the Lights (2017) deepened that world, with songs like "Appointments" and the title track showcasing her gift for finding beauty inside heartbreak. Her third studio album Little Oblivions (2021) cemented Julien as "one of the leading female singer/songwriters of her generation, both for her music's muted grandeur and lyrics that seem to dive headlong into emotional chaos" (Rolling Stone).

Live, she's something else entirely. Intense and immersive, she commands the stage with her signature Telecaster in hand. It's there that her reputation as a guitar-god frontman is on full display. Julien Baker doesn't just perform, she delivers a true rock show, forged by her history in the hardcore scene that lives in her bones.

Beyond her solo work, Julien is one third of boygenius, the indie supergroup she formed with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus in 2017. Boygenius' self-titled EP contains beloved tracks such as "Bite the Hand," "Me & My Dog," and "Salt in the Wound." Their 2023 debut album “the record” won three Grammy Awards and was supported by the biggest tour of the musicians' collective careers, including sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl.

Her work has earned her deep respect across the music world. She's collaborated with Paramore, Hayley Williams, The National, Matt Berninger, Sharon Van Etten, Manchester Orchestra, Touché Amoré, Ben Gibbard, Medium Build, TORRES and many other celebrated artists.

Julien is widely regarded as one of the most compelling and significant voices in indie and alternative rock today.