For her newest collaborative challenge, Julien Baker has teamed up with Torres. As one of many first previews of the fruits of their mixed forces, the duo stopped by The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday to play a brand new tune referred to as “Sugar within the Tank.” Watch the efficiency beneath.
“Sugar within the Tank” finds Baker breaking out her banjo and Torres matching the vitality with a countrified, overdriven Telecaster. The tune is love-sick, candy, and fairly straightforward on the ears, arriving full with a a full band accompaniment (together with pedal metal and strings) and a tear-in-your-beer solo.
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Whereas few particulars have so far been revealed in the case of the scope of the 2 songwriters’ group up, they do have a handful of tour dates on the horizon. Baker and Torres are set to hit a collection of festivals collectively, together with Huge Ears in Knoxville, Excessive Water Music Pageant in Charleston, Kilby Block Occasion in Salt Lake Metropolis, and extra (get tickets right here). They’ll even be taking part in New York Metropolis’s Mercury Lounge tonight (Wednesday, December eleventh); snag last-minute tickets right here.
In October, Torres and Baker made appearances throughout one another’s respective units at a Webster Corridor live performance to debut two new songs. They’ve since launched a web site collectively that options the Matador Data brand. Taken all collectively, it seems like an album or EP announcement is imminent.
Previous to her linking up with Torres, Baker had one other little-known supergroup referred to as boygenius. Earlier this 12 months, she additionally launched into a solo tour and appeared on Touché Amoré’s new album Spiral in a Straight Line.