Julien Baker Announces New EP B-Sides for July 2022 and Releases Melancholy New Single “Guthrie”

Julien Baker has announced a new EP of tracks, B-Sides, which will be released digitally on July 21 on Matador Records. The collection of EPs is taken from the recording sessions of Baker’s third full-length album, Little Oblivions, and contains three never-before-heard songs. Today, fans can listen to a song from B-Sides, titled “Guthrie”, and watch an accompanying music video.

The video for the song features the melody played over black-and-white footage of cattle ranching and natural shots of the American West, invoking a callback to the frontier age. The visuals add to the haunting, longing nature of the song. It fits right into Baker’s oeuvre of emotionally frank music, with “Guthrie” discussing themes of personal disillusionment: “Used to call upon the Spirit, now I think heaven lets it ring/Wanted so bad to be good, but there’s no such thing”.

Baker will be going on tour, starting on the same day as the release of B-Sides. As previously reported, Baker, Sharon Van Etten, and Angel Olsen will all be co-headlining The Wild Hearts Tour, which will run throughout the summer.

The tour dates are as follows:

07/21 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts *
07/22 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit *
07/23 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
07/25 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater *
07/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre *
07/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre *
07/30 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre *
08/02 – Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheatre *
08/03 – Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park *
08/05 – Boise, ID @ Idaho Botanical Garden *
08/06 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Gallivan Center *
08/07 – Denver, CO @ Sculpture Park *
08/09 – Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field
08/10 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
08/11 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe *
08/12 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
08/13 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
08/15 – Shelburne, VT @ The Green at Shelburne Museum *
08/16 – LaFayette, NY @ Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards *
08/18 – Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion *
08/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at The Mann *
08/20 – New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage *
08/21 – New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage *
08/26 – Vineyard Haven, MA @ Beach Road Weekend

* = with Quinn Christopherson

Photo Credit: Kalyn Oyer