Broken Girl

Jagjaguwar is proud to release the long lost Julie Doiron album "Broken Girl," expanded to include her first two 7"s. It was originally released in 1996 by Doiron after her band - the psychedelic folk group Eric's Trip - had crumbled around her. The name of the record (as well as the songs) did nothing to hide her feelings regarding the breakup of her band and the relationships that she shared with its members. "Broken Girl" was a watershed for Doiron, showing her to be the sort of songwriter and performer that Eric's Trip only hinted at. Achingly beautiful and showcasing her vocal style and personality as a songwriter, reviews immediately put her in the same class as Leonard Cohen in terms of importance as a Canadian solo artist. The album was self-recorded and helped — along with peers Sebadoh, East River Pipe, and Smog — define the bedroom aesthetic of the early '90s. While some rock scribes would call it lo-fi, the fidelity of the recordings that Doiron and her Eric's Trip mates employed in the first half of the '90s was clearly the most appropriate medium; the close-mic'ing of everything from the vocals to the swirling guitars and peaking drums created a sense of real intimacy and suburban claustrophobia.