Julie Doiron - Broken Girl - VINYL LP

Broken up, pregnant, grandma dying. The usual 21st trip around the sun. In between Eric's Trip albums, boyfriends, and dress sizes, Julie strummed her downcast bedroom pop diaries through a Rat II distortion pedal and quit the scene. Expanded 29th anniversary edition includes rare 7Inch tracks and photo of Julie with her dog Samantha.

The original soft grunge 90s sad girl.Julie in Memphis. With Eric's Trip on ice, the Duchess of Canadian flannel flew south in December '96 to cut an album of postpartum depression ballads. Joined by Giant Sand's Howe Gelb and The Grifters' David Shouse, Loneliest In The Morning captures Julie's blue period with trembling accuracy. Hanky not included.

Julie Doiron is back with I Thought Of You, her first solo record since 2012's So Many Days. Every bit an instant classic as only she can masterfully create, Doiron emanates a radiative force with her guitar and her unmistakably indomitable voice. Doiron is a maker of songs and a teller of stories, wielding her instruments like a craftsperson would their tools. It's Julie's voice that rises to meet us from the get-go. Album opener InchYou Gave Me The KeyInch welcomes us in, a quintessential Julie Doiron song where she announces with a joyful resignation Inchhere I am, starting over againInch. Title track InchI Thought Of YouInch is a rolling twang-tinged Doiron jam, an instant classic. As we move towards the tail end of the record we share in InchDarkness To LightInch a soulful ballad ruminating on moving our way out of dark days and into lighter shades. On InchBack To The WaterInch Julie sings over gently plucked strings InchI've been here beforeInch as she has, and so have we, and we are once again here together. I Thought Of You is a return of the breath and fire of Julie Doiron and we are lucky to find ourselves back in the embrace of her tender and powerful forces.