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 Manner’ 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 usually 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 properly 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 filled with unconditional love, longing, and the popularity that, whereas our pets’ lives could also be a blip to us, however we’re every little thing to them:
Sylvia, my child
I’ve obtained to go away
Within the mornin’ whenever you rise
I’ll be midway down the freeway
Neither of my two minds
Can resolve if I’m at house
On the street once I know
The street ain’t any type of house
Sylvia
don’t neglect me
Sylvia
feel like I’m lacking every little thing
“A day for me is every week for you, and my life’s already midway by means of,” TORRES (aka Mackenzie Scott) sings within the music’s second verse, her voice scorching on the mic and heavy with feeling. “Tomorrow, right this moment’s worries may transform 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 house 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 keep in mind considering that I’d love to put in writing a music like that, a music that folks might really feel of their chest inside 5 seconds of turning on the radio, as a result of anybody who has ever had the honour of sharing a house with a beloved pet is aware of {that a} pet is household – they’re the most effective pals you could possibly 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 are able to share.
So alone once I’m not with you
However I ache to see the world
What’s it even imply to have every little thing
If I can’t share it with my woman?
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 means of
Tomorrow, right this moment’s worries
may transform 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, and so they do the identical.
“Sylvia” captures that intimacy, turning one thing nobody else sees or feels right into a sentimental, soul-stirring music stuffed 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 Manner coming this spring (April 18th by way of Matador Data), the sky’s the restrict to what their mixed singing and songwriting can obtain.
Sylvia, don’t neglect me
Sylvia
Really feel like I’m lacking every little thing
Sylvia, don’t neglect me
Sylvia
Really feel like I’m lacking every little thing
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