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- Summary: Although still a solo album, 'Woke Myself Up' finds the singer-songwriter backed by her former bandmates in the Canadian group Eric's Trip for the first time in a decade.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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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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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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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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[It] finds her in fine form.
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As always, the directness of Doiron's writing and performing is subtly compelling.
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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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UncutReuniting her ex-bandmates adds a rock impetus to Doiron's more fragile solo work. [Feb 2007, p.74]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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JamesTApr 30, 20077 with an extra for the presence of ex-Eric's Trip members bringing a bit of rock back to her wistful melancholy.
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