Tucker said, "For this record, we really bonded, the four of us, being on tour and playing music together, so in writing this record, we all worked together in the practice space, writing these songs and just enjoying the writing process and everything that came out of it." The resulting songs cover "the finite nature of existence, the stalemate of our political climate, a moment in the transition from girlhood to womanhood…[and] love of different kinds." This album also sounded more like a Sleater-Kinney album than 1,000 Years. One reviewer wrote, "This album harks somewhat to the glory days of the Riot Grrrl Olympia scene of the late ’90s, but it’s by no means retrospective or reactionary." However, another reviewer correctly predicted Kill My Blues "will inevitably go down as one of the most underrated albums of the year." This album was also supported by a nationwide tour. Filthy Friends Alt-rock "supergroup" Filthy Friends is another side project for Tucker, with Tucker on lead vocals and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck on guitar, along with other musician friends rounding out the band. The two met when Tucker's husband worked on a film project with R.E.M. Formed in 2014, Filthy Friends has released two albums: Invitation (2017) and Emerald Valley (2019). On both albums, Tucker wrote the majority of the lyrics to match Buck's music. On Emerald Valley, she played Buck's Fender Musicmaster guitar. Tucker said, "It's a smaller-sized Fender guitar, and I love it. It's really different, and it makes me play differently in this band, because I usually play a Gibson Les Paul and I'm usually a rhythm guitar player, almost a bass player, in Sleater-Kinney." Other Projects Tucker has worked on a variety of other musical projects. She sang back-up vocals on two of Peter Buck's solo albums, including Peter Buck (2013). She sang a duet with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam for the title track of John Doe's EP The Golden State in 2008. She also provided vocals for the song "Hard Sun" on Vedder's soundtrack for the 2007 film Into the Wild. In 2013, she covered the title track "Shine On," for the album released by The Jim Henson Company as part of the Fraggle Rock's 30th anniversary celebration. In addition, her songs have appeared in the soundtracks of ten films or television shows. Tucker has also dabbled in television and film. She appeared in two episodes of