Julien Baker & Torres share new single ‘Dust’, and cancel exhibits on account of concussion
Julien Baker & Torres have shared their haunting new single ‘Dust’ from their forthcoming collaborative album ‘Ship A Prayer My Method‘.
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 complete life getting clear / Simply to wind up within the dust”, describing the wrestle of two folks 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 obtainable for pre-order here.
The observe follows the beforehand launched ‘Sylvia‘, ‘Tuesday’ and lead single ‘Sugar In The Tank‘. In addition they beforehand debuted their track ‘Backside Of A Bottle’ on The Day by day Present earlier this month.
Whereas showing on The Day by day Present, Baker & Torres mentioned the artistic means of ‘Ship A Prayer My Method’ and their spiritual upbringings, with Baker sharing: “I feel there’s this concept that you simply speak about a apply of a prayer, you’re speaking a few dogmatic spiritual perception. However I really feel like organized faith is just not essentially the identical factor. It perhaps typically will get in the best way 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 Competition this forthcoming weekend (March 29-30) on account of one in every of their “key members sustaining a concussion”.
Nevertheless, the duo are set to embark on their ‘Ship A Prayer My Method’ 2025 US tour with headline dates kicking off April 23 in Richmond, VA and wrapping up in Omaha, NE on Could 12. They may even play a handful of music festivals. Take a look at a full record of tour dates beneath and go to here to buy tickets.
Julien Baker & Torres’ ‘Ship A Prayer My Method’ 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 Competition – 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 Social gathering – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT *
JUNE
20 – Inexperienced River Competition – Greenfield, MA *
21 – Mountain Jam – Highmount, NY *
JULY
4–5 – Zootown Music Competition – Missoula, MT *
*Competition date
In recent times, Baker has been busy in Boygenius alongside Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, with the trio releasing their second album ‘The File‘ 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 Monumental Room’, final January.
In different information, Dacus not too long ago confirmed her romantic relationship with Baker. Baker additionally not too long ago carried out a canopy of System Of A Down’s ‘Toxicity’ basic with Jasmine.4.t at SXSW 2025.