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Summary |
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| 6.5 by Pitchfork Media |
New Brunswick indie group Eric's Trip, who broke up following the release of their 1996 Sub Pop album Purple Blue,
were one of those increasingly rare acts whose work has never become
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| 6 by Aftonbladet |
Det är över tio år sedan kanadensiska Eric's Trip splittrades och Julie Doiron startade sin solokarriär. Det är två år sedan hon släppte sitt senaste album, “Goodnight Nobody”, som ofö... |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Her voice shares the same dusky, stained-glass quality as Chan Marshall’s, strident but capable of fracturing at any moment. |
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| n/a by www.amazon.com |
As always, the directness of Doiron's writing and performing is subtly compelling. |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
Doiron's sometimes off-kilter vocal arrangements are a perfect match for her lyrics. |
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| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
In reconnecting with her former Eric's Trip bandmates, Doiron rediscovers her edge, wrapping her warm, frayed vocals around awkward and occasionally dissonant melodies, layering multi-track self-harmonized phrases over heavyish rock-focused arrangements and crafting dynamic songs that leave you with a satisfying sense of being shaken up. |
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| n/a by www.avclub.com |
Doiron's modus operandi is inward-looking and shy, whether she's whispering or, umm, singing quietly. It's a gamble in a look-at-me music world... Those with a taste for the unadorned, pretty, and emotionally striking, though, couldn't do much better. |
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| n/a by www.dustedmagazine.com |
Though Woke Myself Up is a group project, one still gets a sense of it having been recorded at home, amongst friends. They seem to be having a nice time of it. |
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| n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com |
[It] finds her in fine form. |
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| n/a by www.thephoenix.com |
Woke Myself Up is smart, arresting, and nimble; at 30 minutes, the only real disappointment is that it’s over too soon. |
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| 6 by Dagensskiva.com |
Det är över tio år sedan kanadensiska Eric's Trip splittrades och Julie Doiron startade sin solokarriär. Det är två år sedan hon släppte sitt senaste album, “Goodnight Nobody”, som ofö... |
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