Julien Baker
“Turn Out the Lights”
Turn Out the Lights (out 10.27 on Matador)
We are officially two weeks away from the 22 year-old’s hugely anticipated second LP, and it’s second single hits just as hard as the confessional, heart-crushing “Appointments.”
“Turn Out the Lights” opens as a sparse and haunting take on isolation, as Baker wonders “so why is it easy for everyone else?” The truth is, of course, it isn’t. And when its skyscraping crescendo hits, a sense of hope and community joins her solitary vocal, reminding us that we’re never truly alone.
