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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

boygenius, the record and the parting glass (2023)

 


By Jack Rafferty


I had my eye on this project for a good bit now, as I enjoy Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dakus. While I think the record is a beautiful, tender, and wonderful album, their rendition of “The Parting Glass” with Ye Vagabonds as a tribute to Sinéad O’Connor is what really solidified my appreciation for this band. It is one of, if not the best, version of the song I’ve heard, which is high praise. I think it is hard to weigh against something like the Clancy Brothers, or The Pogues version, because they are not comparable. In terms of their debut album, I think it really highlights the best parts of each artist, and their vocal harmonies are gorgeous. In spirit, but not so much in sound, it reminds me a lot of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt, in the sense that, perhaps by mistake or perhaps by design, they found lightning in a bottle with their dynamics and how they meld. 


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