{{use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{use list-defined references|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = The Rest | type = ep | artist = Boygenius | cover = Boygenius - the rest.jpg | alt = Three silhouettes of women standing on the beach | released = {{start date|2023|10|13}} | recorded = May 2023<ref name="pm" /> | studio = *Blackbird (Berry Hill, Tennessee) *Sound City (Van Nuys, California)<ref name="amg" /> | genre = Indie folk | length = {{duration|m=12|s=04}} | label = Interscope | producer = *Tony Berg *boygenius *Jake Finch *Ethan Gruska *Calvin Lauber *Collin Pastore *Marshall Vore | prev_title = The Record | prev_year = 2023 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Julien Baker | type = ep | prev_title = The Record | prev_year = 2023 | title = The Rest | year = 2023 | next_title = Send a Prayer My Way | next_year = 2025 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = Phoebe Bridgers | type = ep | prev_title = The Record | prev_year = 2023 | title = The Rest | year = 2023 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Extra chronology | artist = Lucy Dacus | type = ep | prev_title = The Record | prev_year = 2023 | title = The Rest | year = 2023 | next_title = Forever Is a Feeling | next_year = 2025 }} }} {{quote-box|align=right|width=20%|That photo was taken during the same shoot for the original album art. We always liked the image, but when we chose these four songs to put out together, they all have this spacey, eerie quality about them. I think the wind being in our hair, the natural elements messing us up, it’s a little more unsettling and I feel like these songs—I don’t think they lack optimism, but they’re a little more focused on fear and unsteadiness.|—Lucy Dacus on the packaging and feel of ''The Rest''<ref name="grammy" />}} '''''The Rest''''' is the second extended play by American indie rock supergroup Boygenius, released through Interscope Records on October 13, 2023. A follow-up to the band's first full-length album ''The Record'',<ref name="lat" /> individual songs were revealed one at a time while on tour,<ref name="bb" /><ref name="rs" /> eventually performing the entire EP.<ref name="paste" /> The EP has received positive reviews from critics.
==Reception== {{MCalbum|The Rest|postivie|75|six}}<ref name="mc" /> Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that "the EP feels a bit hushed when compared to the LP, a quietness that helps shift the focus to the individual singer/songwriters rather than the collective" and called this "a welcome coda to the relative exuberance of ''The Record''".<ref name="amg" /> This album was shortlisted as notable for the week at ''BrooklynVegan'', where Andrew Sacher opined that "this material is just as strong as the songs on the full-length".<ref name="bv" /> Alex Hudson of ''Exclaim!'' chose this as a Staff Pick stating that "as we near the end of 2023, it reasserts boygenius as one of the year's defining bands, and even more than the sum of their formidable parts".<ref name="e!" /> El Hunt of ''Evening Standard'' gave this EP 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "''The Rest'' feels less cohesive than ''The Record'', and rather than a love letter to accidentally stumbling on creative alchemy, Dacus, Baker and Bridgers all get their own moments in the spotlight" and called it "the perfect debut companion piece".<ref name="es" />
Alana Rae praised the storytelling in this album in her review for ''The New Zealand Herald'', writing that "the four songs follow complex, often melancholic, relationships with others or, in some cases, themselves".<ref name="nzh" /> Thomas Smith of ''NME'' gave ''The Rest'' 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "there’s material... that could have fought hard for space on their debut album".<ref name="nme" /> Olivia Horn, writing for ''Pitchfork'', scored this album a 7.5 out of 10, stating that it is "aglow with the sense of triumph that has haloed the group’s recent history".<ref name="pm" /> In ''Spill Magazine'', this was an editor's pick and critic Joseph Mastel rated it 4.5 out of 5, concluding "it might not reach the perfection of ''the record'', but ''the rest'' is still a magnificent group of songs".<ref name="spill" /> Marc Abbott of ''Under the Radar'' rated this EP 6 out of 10, writing that while "there are moments of brilliance" here, but that it "comes across as sounding like that’s exactly what they deserve and need: a rest".<ref name="utr" />
Editors at ''Spin'' chose this as the 21st best EP of 2023.<ref name="2023spin" />
==Track listing== All songs written by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus, except where noted. #"Black Hole" – 2:21 #"Afraid of Heights" – 2:41 #"Voyager" (Baker, Bridgers, Dacus, Christian Lee Hutson, Conor Oberst, and Marshall Vore) – 2:48 #"Powers" – 4:14
==Personnel== '''Boygenius''' *Julien Baker – instrumentation, vocals, lead vocals on first verse of "Black Hole" and all of "Powers", production *Phoebe Bridgers – instrumentation, vocals, co-lead vocals on second verse of "Black Hole", lead vocals on all of "Voyager", production *Lucy Dacus – instrumentation, vocals, co-lead vocals on second verse of "Black Hole", lead vocals on all of "Afraid of Heights", production
'''Additional personnel''' *Ariel Baldwin – design *Tony Berg – production *Jake Finch – keyboards, strings, sound design, production *Matt Grubb – cover photography<ref name="bb" /> *Ethan Gruska – keyboards, sound design, vocal engineering, production *Christian Lee Hutson – guitar *Calvin Lauber – bass guitar, sound design, vocal engineering, production *Will Maclellan – engineering *Mike Mogis – mixing *Collin Pastore – pedal steel guitar, sound design, engineering, production *Lowell Reynolds – engineering *Pat Sullivan – mastering *Marshall Vore – drums, production *Nathaniel Walcott – horn
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Chart performance for ''The Rest'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Germany|67|id=526184|artist=Boygenius|album=The Rest|rowheader=true|access-date=October 20, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|50|artist=Boygenius|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|6|artist=Boygenius|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardFolk|4|artist=Boygenius|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|8|artist=Boygenius|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2023}} |}
==See also== *2023 in American music *List of 2023 albums
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|last=Hudson |first=Alex |date=2023-10-13 |accessdate=2023-10-13 |title='the rest' Confirms boygenius as One of 2023's Defining Bands |department=Reviews |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/boygenius_the_rest_ep_review}}</ref> <ref name="es">{{Cite news |issn=2041-4404 |accessdate=2023-10-12 |language=en-GB |newspaper=Evening Standard |title=Boygenius ‒ The Rest EP review: the supergroup's offcuts make for shimmering companion piece |department=Culture > '''Music''' |last=Hunt |first=El |date=2023-10-12 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/boygenius-the-rest-ep-review-phoebe-bridgers-lucy-dacus-julien-baker-b1113110.html}}</ref> <ref name="grammy">{{Cite web |accessdate=2023-10-11 |language=en-US |publisher=The Recording Academy |title=The Sound Of Collision: Boygenius Discuss Creating 'The Rest,' Their Deepening Friendship & Identities |department=Interview |last=Levin |first=Harry |date=2023-10-09 |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/boygenius-julien-baker-phoebe-bridgers-lucy-dacus-discuss-new-ep-the-rest-queerness-friendship}}</ref> <ref name="lat">{{Cite news |issn=2165-1736 |oclc=3638237 |language=en-US |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2023-10-11 |title=Boygenius rewrites the rules of rock stardom |department=Music |last=Osmon |first=Erin |date=2023-10-10 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-10-10/boygenius-phoebe-bridgers-lucy-dacus-julien-baker-the-rest-ep}}</ref> <ref name="mc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-rest-ep/boygenius |title=the rest by boygenius Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic |language=en-US |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |accessdate=2023-11-12 |date=n.d.}}</ref> <ref name="nme">{{Cite news |issn=0028-6362 |accessdate=2023-10-12 |language=en-GB |magazine=NME |title=Boygenius – 'The Rest' EP: a magical coda to their mega year |department=Reviews > Album Reviews |last=Smith |first=Thomas |date=2023-10-12 |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/boygenius-the-rest-ep-review-lyrics-tracklist-3513979}}</ref> <ref name="nzh">{{Cite news |title=Review: boygenius follow-up EP brings story-telling to the fore |issn=1170-0777 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ |department=The Listener / Entertainment |last=Rae |first=Alana |date=2023-10-27 |accessdate=2023-10-27 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/entertainment/review-boygenius-follow-up-ep-brings-story-telling-to-the-fore/NO6DQ2GIBBHSXPLXHKMDCEGG3M/}}</ref> <ref name="paste">{{Cite magazine |issn=1540-3106 |language=en-US |magazine=Paste |accessdate=2023-10-11 |title=boygenius bring ''The Rest'' to Madison Square Garden |department=Music > Features > Boygenius |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2023-10-06 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/boygenius/boygenius-madison-square-garden-concert-review}}</ref> <ref name="pm">{{Cite web |language=en-US |website=Pitchfork |accessdate=2023-10-13 |title=Boygenius: The Rest Album Review |department=Albums |last=Horn |first=Olivia |date=2023-10-13 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/boygenius-the-rest-ep/}}</ref> <ref name="rs">{{Cite magazine |issn=0035-791X |language=en-US |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=2023-10-11 |title=Boygenius Promise 'The Rest' With Upcoming EP |department=Music > Music News |last=Madarang |first=Charisma |date=2023-09-26 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/boygenius-the-rest-ep-announce-1234831301/}}</ref> <ref name="spill">{{Cite magazine |language=en-CA |magazine=Spill Magazine |accessdate=2023-10-13 |title=Boygenius – The Rest |department=Album Reviews |last=Mastel |first=Joseph |date=2023-10-13 |url=https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-boygenius-the-rest/}}</ref> <ref name="utr">{{Cite magazine |issn=1553-2305 |language=en-US |magazine=Under the Radar |accessdate=2023-10-20 |title=boygenius: the rest ep (Interscope) review |department=Reviews |last=Abbott |first=Marc |date=2023-10-20 |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/the_rest_ep_boygenius}}</ref> }}
==External links== *{{Discogs master}} *{{MBrgID}} *[https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/boygenius-the-rest-out-now/ Press release for ''The Rest''] *[https://www.stereogum.com/2243261/boygenius-2023-artists-of-the-year/interviews/cover-story/ "We Three Kings: boygenius On Their Breakout Year"] at ''Stereogum''
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