Boygenius
the record
Release Date: Mar 31, 2023
Genre(s): Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: Interscope
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Album Review: the record by Boygenius
Great, Based on 5 Critics
Based on rating 9/10
The first boygenius EP easily could have been a one-off affair. After being booked on the same bill, three of indie's biggest rising singer/songwriters went in the studio to record one song but came out with six. It was the sort of lightning-in-a-bottle combination of timing and chemistry that rarely happens twice. And for several years it remained that way.
Based on rating 4.0/5
Always an angel, never a god The most intriguing thing about the release of The Record is the massive disconnect between the Boygenius trio's meager previous output as a group and the tidal wave of hype which threatens to submerge the whole project. In a way, it makes sense - after all, the band's constituent members are all prominent indie figures in their own right at this point, and (at least) one of them is basically a cultural icon, but it's still hard to ignore the fact that, until now, there was only a little six-song EP from 2018 to put Boygenius on the map. And, while that release was a pretty great set of folk songs, it also wasn't anything particularly exceptional, bogged down most obviously by the fact that a majority of the tunes felt like solo songs from one member or another, and not particularly high-grade ones at that.
Based on rating 6/10
Let's skip the pleasantries. You all know about boygenius by now. It's been a month since the record came out and it's also been a month since an overwhelming majority of music critics confidently anointed it the album of the year/decade/century/millennium. Apparently it was love at first listen ….
Opinion: Absolutly essential
Tags: Boygenius, Reviews, Album Reviews.
Opinion: Very Good
There's something about calling your album 'the record' that feels satisfyingly on-brand for a supergroup who also named themselves boygenius. Both evoke a performance and parody of male ego attained by a lifetime's exhaustion from watching women pitted against each other, but rarely in the headline spots; both toe the line between audacious and playful. For the first time since their EP landed back in 2018 , it's an opportunity to assess whether the sizeable talents of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus are capable of living up to the extraordinary triple-bill.
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