Originally from Tennessee, Julien Baker is an American author, composer and
musician, born in Germantown on September 29, 1995. She grew up in Bartlett, a
suburb of Memphis, where her love of alternative rock led to a career as a
musician. Inspired by the hardcore punk movement, in 2010 she formed the
high-school band The Star Killers, renamed Forrister in 2015, then recorded her
critically acclaimed folk/slowcore debut Sprained Ankle the same year, which led
her to abandon her studies to devote herself to music. Signed by the Matador
label, she fleshed out her style at Ardent St...