boygenius - The Record (March 31, 2023) • Page 39

Man those songs are good huh? Satanist is great

 

It’s too soon to pick a favorite for me I’m just gonna love them all

 

Phoebe backlash is just sellout panic coming back around with a dash of misogyny for her teenage girl fanbase. Which, while pathetic, is unsurprising with everything else from the 90s being in right now.

 

I cannot overemphasize how good Not Strong Enough is

 

I love all of her albums but this is my favorite music from Julien since her debut

 

this is the definition an astute observation. I’m being sincere when I say that you should write stuff. or become a pop psychology professor

 

can’t stop fantasizing about a version of boygenius that just puts out louder alt-rock music. imagine a full LP of songs like the below


- $20
- Satanist
- Night shift
- I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore
- Anti-Curse
- I Know the End

 

I very much hope $20, Satanist, and Anti-Curse are an indication of where Julien is headed on her next solo record.

 

That substack review was wild, definitely echoing the sentiment someone shared here that it sounds like “who hurt you?” It seems like he injected waaaaay too much of his already negative feelings towards the band he had before the album was released into the “review” which is Not Great Journalism.

 

I’m rooting for this for next Phoebe record. Her more rock leaning songs go toe to toe with any artist of the last 10 years for me. Her quieter stuff I do find a bit dull, that’s probably as close as I get to understanding the backlash on a musical level.

 

SITA and Punisher are both all-timers, and all her songs here are very good, but I do think she needs a shake-up for LP3. I’d love her to lean both more into pop and even some of the country sounds she’s toyed with so far. Her version of a record like Saint Cloud could be really special.

 

My only hope for LP3 is no Jack Antonoff.

 

Jack produced the latest Lana album which is one of the best albums of the year so far. I’d be very curious to see what Phoebe and him could cook up, honestly.

 

I have not listened - and honestly won’t because I am not a fan of hers - but it seems he only does well with artists who will push him to try something different. Annie, 1975, etc.

Up to this point, LDR has not been that.

 

Jack is a boring choice, but not a bad choice.

 

I think Strange Desire/1989 Jack would help make a kickass Phoebe album, but a lot of his more recent tropes would play poorly.

 

This album has some of my favorite work from Julien in a long time and simultaneously some of my least favorite work from Phoebe and Lucy— Not to say that their work was bad! Julien just stands out most to me here.

 

There’s some good stuff here but Satanist is the absolute truth

 

my dude

 

Not to go on about the substack thing but this is the funniest response to it I have seen lol

 

Here’s the thing. What even is indie rock? People use that term to define everything from Death Cab and Boygenius to things like Beach House, Alvvays, Manchester Orchestra, and Paramore. So in that sense I agree.

 

Have to go agree with the consensus that Lucy and Julien‘s songs on here are standouts, not to take away from Phoebe’s which are also good.

 

Alt rock is funny to me solely due to the fact that there is no regular rock anymore

 

The closer isn’t working for me and it should be an easy win.