Julien Baker & TORRES’ Send A Prayer My Way was written and sung in the best of the outlaw tradition—defiant, subversive, working class, and determined to wrestle not only with addiction, regret and bad decisions, but also with oppressive systems of power. Mercifully, this is only the beginning of the stories TORRES and Baker are determined to tell. Because these are also songs about radical 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 show together at Lincoln Hall, a much-loved venue here in Chicago. It’s January 15, 2016, and bone chillingly cold outside, especially for a couple of southerners. When the show is over and they’re shooting the shit, one singer says to the other, “We should make a country album.” This is the origin story, the stuff of legend in the world of country music, and the beginning of a collaboration between two artists already admired for their spare, elegant lyrics as well as the courage to share their struggles with those who love their music. It’s also the beginning of creating a work that, like the most enduring country albums, sustains and inspires, reminding both singer and listener that not one of us is ever totally alone in this world, that music is a steady companion.

TRACK LISTING

01. Dirt
02. The Only Marble I've Got Left
03. Sugar in the Tank
04. Bottom of a Bottle
05. Downhill Both Ways
06. No Desert Flower
07. Tape Runs Out
08. Off the Wagon
09. Tuesday
10. Showdown
11. Sylvia
12. Goodbye Baby

Send A Prayer My Way was released April 18th, 2025 through Matador Records and is available to here on limited edition cobalt blue colored vinyl (available exclusively at indie record shops) and on CD.

Preorders for local, store pickup will be available at Grimey’s on Friday, April 18th

Preorders for mail order will ship out from Grimey’s on or around Friday, April 18th

*Preorders for store pickup will be held for three months after release date. Please pick up your Send A Prayer My Way preorder no later than July 18th, 2025.