Loneliest In The Morning

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There’s an occasional embellishment from a pedal steel guitar and even a band for “Sorry Pt. II,” but the majority of <i>Loneliest In the Morning</i>, the 1997 album that former Eric’s Trip bassist Julie Doiron issued under her own name (as opposed to her previous solo album as Broken Girl), is built on a spare minimalism of rudimentary electric guitar and Doiron’s careful and gentle voice. While her songs express direct emotions with lyrics that read like confessional poetry (“Love to Annoy,” “Creative Depression”), her delivery is shy and cautious, immersing itself in melodies that skate over the darker sentiments. The songs themselves are kept short and to the point; nothing crosses the four-minute mark and many nail down their accomplishments in barely two. Her simplicity and brevity may give the impression that these are little, lightweight songs, but that is far from the truth. “Sweeter” lasts only a minute and a half but it has a compulsive beauty that insists on its being repeated for satisfaction. By stripping her music to its barest essentials, Doiron leaves the listener wanting more. This 2008 reissue adds three bonus tracks that were originally issued as singles, including “Who Will Be the One” and “Too Much” which she cut with the Wooden Stars as her backing group.

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