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Julien Baker
With Turn Out the Lights, the now 21-year-old Julien Baker returns to a much bigger stage, but with the same core of breathtaking vulnerability and resilience. The album explores how people live and come to terms with their internal conflict, and the alternately shattering and redemptive ways these struggles play out in relationships. Baker casts an unflinching and accepting eye on the duality of –and contradictions in –the human experience, at times even finding humor and joy in the midst of suffering. The album was recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in her hometown of Memphis, TN, and mixed by Craig Silvey (The National, Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire). This evolution from Sprained Ankle’s intentionally spare production allowed greater scope and freedom for Baker, who is still the album’s sole writer and producer. Strings and woodwinds now shade the corners of her compositions, and Baker takes to piano rather than guitar on several tracks. As always, the real draw is her songwriting and lyricism. Where her debut focused inward on Baker’s life and aspects of her identity, Turn Out the Lights reflects on not only her own experiences, but also the experiences of those closest to her. The result finds Baker narrating a deliberate meditation on how we each try to deal with our ever-shifting mental health, and the impact this can have on both ourselves and others.

Songs

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Bite The Hand
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Souvenir
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Sylvia
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Me & My Dog
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Salt In The Wound
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Albums

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Send A Prayer My Way

2025
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Little Oblivions

2021
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Turn Out the Lights

2017
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Sprained Ankle

2015

Singles & EPs

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Bottom of a Bottle

Single • 2025
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Sugar in the Tank

Single • 2024
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Guthrie

Single • 2022
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Dirt

Single • 2025
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Yoke

Single • 2024
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A Dreamer's Holiday

Single • 2021
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Tuesday

Single • 2025
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Hold My Hand

Single • 2022
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Sylvia

Single • 2025
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B-Sides

Single • 2022

Videos

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Live performances

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Indie Folk Favorites

Playlist • YouTube Music
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'10s Indie

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Americana Hotlist

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Indie Hits 2021

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Coffee Shop Indie

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Out Loud

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Merry Indie Christmas!

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Daughters of Folk

Playlist • YouTube Music
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More Mellow

Playlist • YouTube Music

Playlists by Julien Baker

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Little Oblivions: Lyric Videos

Playlist • Julien Baker • 56K views
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Isolate / Create: "Faith Healer" Remixes

Playlist • Julien Baker • 1.3K views
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Official Music Videos

Playlist • Julien Baker • 16K views
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Julien Baker & TORRES: CUNTRY VOL. 1

Playlist • Julien Baker • 690 views
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Julien Baker & TORRES - 'Send a Prayer My Way'

Playlist • Julien Baker • 15K views

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