Julien Baker and Torres - Send a Prayer My Way

on Cobalt Blue Vinyl Julien Baker & TORRES’ Send A Prayer My Way waswritten and sung in the best of the outlaw tradition—defiant, subversive, working class, and determined towrestle not only with addiction, regret and bad decisions,but also with oppressive systems of power. Mercifully, thisis only the beginning of the stories TORRES and Baker aredetermined to tell. Because these are also songs aboutradical empathy and second chances, and third chances,and while there’s plenty of struggle and regret in here,there’s also humor and defiance. Send A Prayer My Way has been in the works for years.Imagine two young musicians playing their first showtogether at Lincoln Hall, a much-loved venue here inChicago. It’s January 15, 2016, and bone chillingly coldoutside, especially for a couple of southerners. When theshow is over and they’re shooting the shit, one singersays to the other, “We should make a country album.” This is the origin story, the stuff of legend in the world ofcountry music