Boygenius

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Album: Turn Out the Lights: An "Oops! No Drums!" album is a tough sell to me, and maybe this album could've used that one big Night Shift/Motion Sickness power punch song, but at its best, those instruments sound stunning and the ebb & flow can leave me a lil bit breathless

Over: 7 More albums should have overtures tbh

Appointments: 10 Doing this rate alone in my room staring out the windows on a rainy day may not the best move for my state of mind

Turn Out the Lights: 10 Damn she's two for two now on the soft to shouty goodness

Shadowboxing: 10 When that piano came in I said "uh-oh" out loud

Sour Breath: 7 This was a good but not great song until Julien snuck a killer "everything drops out but the voice" moment at the very last second and stole an extra point

Televangelist: 8

Everything to Help You Sleep: 7

Happy to Be Here: 7

Hurt Less: 9 The piano has been her secret weapon on this album, incredible sound coming from those keys

Even: 8 Raters road trip to all the hotel rooms Julien Baker punched a hole through

Claws in Your Back: 8 Going to Genius and putting that the skeleton next to her coat is Phoebe

Album: Stranger in the Alps: I rarely vibe fully with Phoebe's more muted tendencies, but she's still immensely capable of dropping tracks that blow me away

Smoke Signals: 10 That Twin Peaks ass guitar though. Also I want to see the Phoebe Ace of Spades cover

Motion Sickness: 10 Imagining the world where Phoebe's signature outfit is a suit & tie & helmet and she scooters her way to the stage

Funeral: 7

Demi Moore: 7 Reading comments I feel people are less interested in what you'd do to them and more interested in you hitting them with a car or something

Scott Street: 10 Simple but effective story

Killer: 6 Thanks to my brother I keep singing that Smashing Pumpkins "the killer in me is the killer in you" line over the chorus

Georgia: 9 Oh she's definitely a Killer, the only kind of people who use the phrase "has beautiful bones" have killed before and will kill again

Chelsea: 5

Would You Rather: 7

You Missed My Heart: 6

Smoke Signals (Reprise): 6 Julien with an Appointments overture, Phoebe with a Smoke Signals outro... I hope Lucy does a Night Shift intermission

It'll All Work Out: 6

Album: Historian: I'll be honest and say I was a little worried about the overall album until Nonbeliever started off a stretch of hits all the way to the end

Night Shift: 9 This is my brother's 11

Addictions: 5 Instruments sound great, but idk not feeling her voice on this one

The Shell: 7 A standout bridge

Nonbeliever: 11 Hoo boy. That gripped some vein close to my heart super tight and throttled me

Yours & Mine: 8

Body to Flame: 9

Timefighter: 10 Pleased to say Boygenius has beaten the "no absolute rippers in this rate" allegations

Next of Kin: 8

Pillar of Truth: 9 Alright now this one I am absolutely loving her voice on

Historians: 8

Album: boygenius: Well damn, if I'd known the sum of their parts could be this good, maybe I'd have become a crazed stan too

Bite The Hand: 10

Me & My Dog: 10

Souvenir: 9

Stay Down: 10 The quiet moments are absolutely pristine and the builds are incredible

Salt In The Wound: 8

Ketchum, ID: 8 With those harmonies? I'm sending boygenius back in time to do the 1950s TV variety show circuit

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