Julie & The Wrong Guys Album Video
- Written by Marky Edison
Julie & The Wrong Guys are a new Canadian band fronted by Julie Doiron of Eric’s Trip & featuring the rhythm section of Cancer Bats. Following the disbanding of Eric's Trip in 1996, the career of Juno-winner & Polaris Prize-nominee Doiron has taken in over 10 albums (issued variously by the likes of Jagjaguwar and Sub Pop), alongside collaborative projects with Mount Eerie and Okkervill River. Whilst Doiron has cemented her 'Godmother of Canadian indie rock' creds down the years with nuanced, restrained songwriting, Julie & The Wrong Guys is actually a belting return to her garage rock roots. This new project finds Julie partnering up with Mike Peters & Jay Schwarzer of Cancer Bats' rhythm section - the titular 'Wrong Guys' - alongside the fuzzed-out guitar sounds of fellow Canadian Eamon McGrath.
Julie & The Wrong Guys are airing a new video accompaniment to their self-titled debut LP. Doiron first enlisted The Wrong Guys as her backing band in 2011 during a two-year stint living in Toronto. While working at the Bloor West coffee shop, café, and venue Saving Gigi, she asked them to join her for a series of shows. Finding an immediate comfort and chemistry, the quartet hit the studio to record a two-song 7”, then set off for high profile tours throughout Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes.
“All of the collaborations I’ve done over the last 24 years have taken me to the next place, whether I’ve realized I’m learning something or not,” says Doiron. “They helped me learn how everybody’s process is different, but working with these guys is super easy. Even if I never collaborated I could have just breezed into this band. Whatever is going on in my life before meeting up with them, I don’t feel stressed out or like I have a million things to do. We just make music and it’s super fun.”
Tracklist:
1) Love and Leaving
2) You Wanted What I Wanted
3) Condescending You
4) Heartbeats
5) Tracing My Own Lines
6) Calling My Own Shots
7) Farther From You
8) Calm Before The Storm
9) Broken Pieces-Barely Cold
10) Hope Floats
