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Julie Doiron
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Release Date: Mar 10, 2009
- Summary: The Canadian singer's latest solo album was produced by ex-Eric's Trip bandmate Rick White.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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It’s a rare and amazing thing when an indie musician finds ways to keep chugging along on her own steam for years and then releases an album that brings together in the most powerful way everything she’s learned. Moncton singer/songwriter Julie Doiron has accomplished this with her eighth album.
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Rather than make broad statements about the nature of modern existence, Doiron takes an authorial approach, crafting brief but potent vignettes about bikes, minivans, and lovers walking through small towns.
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Stories of everyday life and feelings aren’t new to Doiron’s work, but the album does contain a few sonic surprises.
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I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day is a solid addition to the catalog of one of the best underrated singer/songwriters around.
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I Can Wonder toys with genres with resilience and resolve, resulting in something for everyone.
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Despite some engaging song-craft, however, the album overall feels lacking in real substance and its fixations leave me blase.
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I Can Wonder is not really a success musically, but it is worth recommending at least for the ideas that work.
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