Eric's Trip Show

RESTOCK!! During the bright, brief time they graced the Canadian music scene, Eric's Trip toured restlessly with a show built around a central paradox: They played unhinged, molten rock that concealed a fragile emotional core, full of hushed confessions of intra-band strife and passion.

Hear them preserved here on the live album as they rage through "My Bed Is Red" or "You're Always Right" or "Girlfriend," then crash to a halt as bassist-singer Julie Doiron meekly apologizes for some inaudible fault in the performance. That's the essence of Eric's Trip's charm -- they sound like the class wallflowers who secretly stole into the band-room, set the amps to stun, and purged their bitterness through the rock equivalent of primal-scream therapy.