Julie Doiron

all this woman does is wine wine wine.
why does anyone give a sweet sh*t?

haha - both.
i meant whine, but wine works too - see "the gambler"

amen julie lover

hahahahaha yes julie lover

love this album cover!
and wow! for Cars and Trucks nice surprises there.

Julie hater has never had the chance to express emotions in their life.

FYI - eric's trip was long, long ago and the cancer bats are not on this record. julie is lame and so are you for listening to her whine and moan about how hard her love life is. poor little french canadian white girl. hoohum. snooze fest.

I've never been a big fan of Julie's music before, though I started taking a real interest with Woke Myself Up, and think No More is a great pop song. That said, most of this record is really good. The songs are full of feeling, the arrangements are just so full and creative, with subtle flourishes brushed on here there and everywhere. She's never been that good at singing before, but man she sounds great here, warm and relaxed, lots of harmonies, layered and staggered and slathered on. I think Another Second Chance is a perfect little song that feels very country, like a prayer really, that is so expressive of feelings so many people can relate to. I think it's an instant classic. Loving By The Lake, Can't Make It No More, Our Love, and The Gambler too. And Beneath The Leaves is arranged so simply but perfectly that it leaves me aching for something. I'll be playing lots of these tunes on CFMH in the coming weeks for sure.

Nobody can please everybody, so one dissenting opinion isn't a problem. That said, I don't think there's a trace of "whining" on what is an understated, quiet and mature piece of work by Doiron. I like this album a lot.

so some dude listens to a whole album just to get pissed at it? how many times is love used in general in music. Juliehater has love issues methinks. Also, internet ego issues. Nobody cares if you dislike something. People just want to enjoy music and then talk about live performances and neat shit like that. Somebody complaining about an album/artist sounding whiney sure complains alot. Maybe your own emotions are just pulling the only thing they understand from the art.

julie is the one with issues according to brad wheeler at the globe and mail - an album review from a few days ago:
"She sings vulnerability. On the third of three solo records produced by Eric White (her former bandmate in the Moncton-based indie-rock troupe Eric's Trip), Julie Doiron is sometimes in love and sometimes deeply lonely, but always seemingly at risk. Plagued by bouts of malaise and self-doubt, her music is grungy here and finger-picked there, and she sings in the exposed, airy lilt of a Feist or Lissie. While Homeless is a creepy bass-and-voice suicide note, Our Love sweetly jangles. Is she okay? Somebody hug her, or give her a soft bed. In the likable jaunt of By the Lake, she finds serenity, as you might, too. The water sings to her, the grass sings to her, the trees do the same. One wonders how all of this is going to turn out." B.W

This argument can settled easily by listening to the lyrics of the first song Cars and Trucks. Julie is on the side of both the lover and the hater.