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Classic Album Review: Julie Doiron | Will You Still Love Me?

The former Eric's Trip bassist turns down the volume on this introspective EP.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Former Eric’s Trip bassist Julie Doiron takes a trip to her own heart of darkness on this introspective five-song EP.

And she’s travelling coach; these troubled tales of melancholia and longing are classic bedroom-rock recordings with bare-bones arrangements — a solitary guitar, the occasional vibe and harmony vocal — that only serve to highlight the raw nerve endings of the tunes. For her part, Doiron uses her achingly plaintive and fragile voice to open herself up like a vein and bleed all over us. After all, we all need someone we can bleed on …