A day after boygenius made their live debut at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the trio of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus was asked in an interview what it felt like to play on stage together for the first time. “A third of the pressure, and three times the joy,” was Dacus’ response. Performing individual sets last Thursday in St. Louis, then together as boygenius, Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus put on an astute, poignant show that beguiled their collective 70 years on the planet. Three times the joy, indeed.

BOYGENIUS

JULIEN BAKER

PHOEBE BRIDGERS

LUCY DACUS