Few bands have the precise emotional range required to soundtrack English footballing commiserations, but then again, Boygenius’ supergroup line-up is the ultimate, all-star squad. If anybody’s capable, surely it’s the triple-threat of solo singer-songwriters Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus – who played their first ever UK show at Gunnersbury Park on Sunday.
Before headlining the west London park, Boygenius curated a kind of day-festival to cheer up the masses wearing cowboy boots, double denim, and the occasional, slightly sad-looking England shirt. After the Irish indie-folk singer Soak kicked things off, Florida-born artist Ethel Cain followed in a stars-and-stripes shirt with a spell-binding set heavy on Gothic-styled tracks from last year’s standout record Preacher’s Daughter.
