Julien Baker & TORRES ship a poignant and highly effective tribute to the bond between human and canine in “Sylvia,” mixing tender harmonies, wealthy pedal metal, and evocative lyricism into an achingly intimate, country-infused masterpiece. With their debut album ‘Ship a Prayer My Means’ on the horizon, Baker and TORRES are proving to be a match made in musical heaven.
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“Sylvia” – Julien Baker & TORRES
It’s not typically we get a musical match made in heaven, however that’s precisely what Julien Baker & TORRES is shaping as much as be.
When the 2 singer/songwriters first introduced their collaborative foray into nation music final December, I would as nicely have wept with pleasure: Their sun-kissed debut single “Sugar within the Tank” is a seductive, free-spirited celebration of nation music and queer love, a mix that, in itself, feels novel – and extra essentially now, than ever.
Its follow-up, “Sylvia,” is equally expressive: An achingly intimate and emotional ode to TORRES’ canine, the music is stuffed with unconditional love, longing, and the popularity that, whereas our pets’ lives could also be a blip to us, however we’re all the pieces to them:
Sylvia, my child
I’ve acquired to go away
Within the mornin’ while you rise
I’ll be midway down the freeway
Neither of my two minds
Can determine if I’m at residence
On the street once I know
The street ain’t any form of residence
Sylvia
don’t overlook me
Sylvia
feel like I’m lacking all the pieces
“A day for me is every week for you, and my life’s already midway by way of,” TORRES (aka Mackenzie Scott) sings within the music’s second verse, her voice scorching on the mic and heavy with feeling. “Tomorrow, at present’s worries would possibly develop into regrets. Tomorrow, yesterday’s glories will probably be a reminiscence.”
“The morning I went to select up Sylvia from an upstate shelter, I used to be at residence making my espresso and I turned on WFMU and Dolly Parton’s ‘Cracker Jack’ was on,’ TORRES shares.
“I burst into tears – it felt just like the universe was telling me she was going to be mine (Sylvia was solely meant to be a foster). I bear in mind pondering that I’d love to jot down a music like that, a music that individuals might really feel of their chest inside 5 seconds of turning on the radio, as a result of anybody who has ever had the respect of sharing a house with a beloved pet is aware of {that a} pet is household – they’re one of the best buddies you might ever have.”
“Sylvia” aches inside and outside as Julien Baker & TORRES channel a one-of-a-kind love – the bond between human and canine – right into a heartfelt reverie reflecting on all of the reminiscences, moments, and feelings we will share.
So alone once I’m not with you
However I ache to see the world
What’s it even imply to have all the pieces
If I can’t share it with my lady?
Haunted by all of the goodnights that I’ve missed
Each time your cheek goes unkissed
A day for me is every week for you
And my life’s already midway by way of
Tomorrow, at present’s worries
would possibly develop into regrets
Tomorrow, yesterday’s glories
will probably be a reminiscence
I’m afraid
I’m doing it the mistaken means
In a means, nobody is aware of us in addition to our pets; we may give all of them of us, unconditionally, they usually do the identical.
“Sylvia” captures that intimacy, turning one thing nobody else sees or feels right into a sentimental, soul-stirring music filled with wealthy harmonies, candy pedal metal, and shiver-inducing heat.
Evidently, Julien Baker & TORRES is a singular, fast-rising pair in 2025’s music scene – not that both title wants reintroducing – and with their debut album Ship a Prayer My Means coming this spring (April 18th by way of Matador Information), the sky’s the restrict to what their mixed singing and songwriting can obtain.
Sylvia, don’t overlook me
Sylvia
Really feel like I’m lacking all the pieces
Sylvia, don’t overlook me
Sylvia
Really feel like I’m lacking all the pieces
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