Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars
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Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars is a 1999 album recorded by Julie Doiron
in collaboration with the indie rock
band Wooden Stars
. It represented the first time that Doiron had collaborated with a band since the end of Eric's Trip
.
The album won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year
in 2000.
Julie Doiron
Julie Doiron is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage.-Background:Doiron started playing guitar in Eric's Trip at the age of eighteen, having joined the band at the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip...
in collaboration with the indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Wooden Stars
Wooden Stars
Wooden Stars are a Canadian indie rock band formed in the 1990s. The band, from Ottawa, consists of vocalist and guitarist Julien Beillard, guitarist Mike Feuerstack, bassists Josh Latour and Mathieu Beillard, and drummer Andrew McCormack.-Style:...
. It represented the first time that Doiron had collaborated with a band since the end of Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip is a Canadian indie rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Eric's Trip achieved prominence as the first Canadian band to be signed to Seattle's flagship grunge label Sub Pop in the early 1990s...
.
The album won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year
Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year
The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres...
in 2000.
Track listing
- "The Last Time" - 3:03
- "Gone Gone" - 4:42
- "The Longest Winter" - 2:59
- "The Best thing for Me" - 4:17
- "In This Dark" - 3:42
- "Drums + Horns" - 3:05
- "Dance Music" - 2:34
- "Au Contraire" - 03:11
- "Seven" - 5:09
- "The Second Time" - 4:54
- "Sweeter" - 4:49