While in high school in 2010, Baker co-founded the band the Star Killers, who renamed themselves Forrister in 2015. She struggled with substance abuse as a young teen, but found support in the community surrounding house shows in Memphis, and became inspired by the straight edge punk subculture. She subsequently became captivated by the punk, hardcore, metalcore, and screamo scenes, and has said some of her favorite bands were mewithoutYou, Underoath, The Chariot, Norma Jean, and Whitechapel. After seeing Green Day on television, she was inspired to explore more alternative music and started listening to bands like My Chemical Romance and Death Cab for Cutie. īaker grew up in a devout Baptist family, and her early exposure to music involved playing at her church. Baker's parents separated while she was in elementary school. 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. Her parents both worked in the field of physical therapy. Boygenius announced their reunion in January 2023, and their debut studio album The Record was released in March.īaker was born on September 29, 1995, in Germantown, and raised in Bartlett, Tennessee, a suburb of Memphis. The group's debut eponymous EP was released in October 2018. In addition to her solo work, Baker is a member of the indie supergroup Boygenius, alongside Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. Her third album, Little Oblivions (2021), embraced a more full-band sound and became Baker's first top 40 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Baker subsequently signed to Matador Records and released her second studio album Turn Out the Lights in 2017, to further critical success. The album received critical acclaim and appeared on several 2015 year-end lists. Her music is noted for its moody quality and confessional lyrical style, as well as frank explorations of issues including Christianity, addiction, mental illness, and human nature.īorn and raised in suburban Memphis, Tennessee, Baker released her debut album Sprained Ankle (2015) while she was a student at Middle Tennessee State University. Julien Rose Baker (born September 29, 1995) is an American indie rock singer and guitarist.
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