Boygenius – The Record (Indie)

The Boygenius The Record (Indie) vinyl is the clear vinyl pressing of the debut full-length from one of the most genuinely exciting collaborative projects indie rock has produced in recent memory. This is the Interscope indie exclusive version, catalog number 3733701, and it separates itself from the standard black vinyl edition in a way that matters to collectors: the clear pressing is a format variant tied specifically to independent retail, making it a distinct physical object beyond just a color swap.

Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus: Why Boygenius Works

Boygenius is the three-way project between Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. Each of the three carries a serious solo discography, and the reasonable fear with any supergroup is that collaboration softens the individual edges. That does not happen here. The Record is twelve tracks with no filler, built around the kind of tight arrangements that come from three people who actually know how to write together rather than simply trading verses. Tracks like “Not Strong Enough,” “Cool About It,” and “Letter to an Old Poet” showcase how the three voices stack and pull apart, sometimes within the same song. The full tracklist runs from the brief opener “Without You Without Them” through to the closing “Letter to an Old Poet,” and the sequencing holds up across a full side flip.

The Boygenius The Record (Indie) Vinyl: Format and Pressing Details

This pressing is on clear vinyl, the indie exclusive variant released through Interscope. The standard edition of The Record came on black vinyl, so the clear pressing is the one to seek out if you want something that marks the record as a deliberate collector’s purchase rather than the off-the-shelf version. The package is substantial: gatefold sleeve, a 24-page zine, and a temporary tattoo included. The gatefold alone gives the artwork proper room to breathe, and the zine adds contextual material that makes the physical edition worth owning beyond the audio itself. Catalog number 3733701 is your reference point for tracking this specific pressing.

Who Should Own This Copy

If you already collect any of the three solo artists, this belongs in the same shelf. If you came to Boygenius through the 2018 EP and have been waiting on the full-length in a format worth owning, the clear indie pressing with the full package is the right answer. The combination of a format variant, gatefold construction, and the included print materials puts this above a standard new release purchase. It is the kind of record that rewards returning to, and the kind of physical object that holds up as an artifact of a specific moment in independent music.

Tracklist

1. WITHOUT YOU WITHOUT THEM
2. $20
3. EMILY I'M SORRY
4. TRUE BLUE
5. COOL ABOUT IT
6. NOT STRONG ENOUGH
7. REVOLUTION 0
8. LEONARD COHEN
9. SATANIST
10. WE'RE IN LOVE
11. ANTI-CURSE
12. LETTER TO AN OLD POET