Julien Baker & Torres have shared their haunting new single ‘Dust’ from their forthcoming collaborative album ‘Ship A Prayer My Approach‘.
The acoustic-driven ballad sees the duo sing: “Used to assume that it was magic / Now I’m certain that it’s a curse / Spend your entire life getting clear / Simply to wind up within the dust”, describing the battle of two individuals in a tumultuous relationship.
‘Dust’ marks the fourth single to be launched from the Baker & Torres’ upcoming album, which is ready for launch on April 18 through Matador and is out there for pre-order right here.
The observe follows the beforehand launched ‘Sylvia‘, ‘Tuesday’ and lead single ‘Sugar In The Tank‘. In addition they beforehand debuted their music ‘Backside Of A Bottle’ on The Every day Present earlier this month.
Whereas showing on The Every day Present, Baker & Torres mentioned the inventive technique of ‘Ship A Prayer My Approach’ and their non secular upbringings, with Baker sharing: “I feel there’s this concept that you just speak about a observe of a prayer, you’re speaking a few dogmatic non secular perception. However I really feel like organized faith just isn’t essentially the identical factor. It perhaps usually will get in the way in which of pursuit of the divine.”
The discharge of ‘Dust’ comes shortly after the duo needed to cancel their forthcoming efficiency and speak at Ohio College on March 27 and their set at Knoxville’s Huge Ears Pageant this forthcoming weekend (March 29-30) resulting from one among their “key members sustaining a concussion”.
Nonetheless, the duo are set to embark on their ‘Ship A Prayer My Approach’ 2025 US tour with headline dates kicking off April 23 in Richmond, VA and wrapping up in Omaha, NE on Might 12. They may even play a handful of music festivals. Take a look at a full checklist of tour dates beneath and go to right here to buy tickets.
Julien Baker & Torres’ ‘Ship A Prayer My Approach’ 2025 US tour dates are:
APRIL
23 – The Nationwide – Richmond, VA
24 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
25 – Haw River Ballroom – Saxapahaw, NC
26 – Excessive Water Music Pageant – North Charleston, SC*
28 – Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA
29 – The Lyric Oxford – Oxford, MS
30 – Iron Metropolis – Birmingham, AL
MAY
1 – Tipitina’s – New Orleans, LA
4 – Steady Corridor – San Antonio, TX
5 – The Heights Theater – Houston, TX
6 – Longhorn Ballroom – Dallas, TX
7 – Tower Theatre – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK
9 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK
10 – Liberty Corridor – Lawrence, KS
11 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
12 – The Admiral – Omaha, NE
16 – Kilby Block Get together – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT *
JUNE
20 – Inexperienced River Pageant – Greenfield, MA *
21 – Mountain Jam – Highmount, NY *
JULY
4–5 – Zootown Music Pageant – Missoula, MT *
*Pageant date
In recent times, Baker has been busy in Boygenius alongside Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, with the trio releasing their second album ‘The Document‘ in 2023. Her most up-to-date solo album, ‘Little Oblivions‘, got here out in 2021. Torres, in the meantime, launched her sixth album, ‘What An Huge Room’, final January.
In different information, Dacus just lately confirmed her romantic relationship with Baker. Baker additionally just lately carried out a canopy of System Of A Down’s ‘Toxicity’ traditional with Jasmine.4.t at SXSW 2025.
