(Geffen/Polydor)The Virginia songwriter gets lost in understatement on a loved-up album about her relationship with bandmate Julien Baker, shrouding sharp lyrics in shy melodiesLast February, the American “indie rock supergroup” Boygenius – AKA Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – announced an indefinite hiatus. The announcement came a couple of weeks before their solitary album, The Record, won three of the seven Grammys for which it had been nominated. This was a suitably triumphant ending to a project that had been garlanded with acclaim, both for their music – “at the vanguard of keeping rock alive,” as one US magazine editor put it – and their willingness to indulge in attention-grabbing gestures, frequently designed to prick at the male domination of rock history.Their debut EP came in a sleeve that referenced that of Crosby, Stills & Nash’s eponymous 1969 album. They dressed as the Beatles for an appearance on Saturday Night Live and as Nirvana on the cover of R...
Lucy Dacus's new album, "Forever Is a Feeling," is reviewed as a timidly tasteful and understated work about her relationship with bandmate Julien Baker. While featuring a harp and Hozier, the album is noted for its restraint, with gentle and warm production. This marks Dacus's return after Boygenius's hiatus, a band known for attention-grabbing gestures and challenging rock's male domination.
