Canadian singer-songwriter to perform Tuesday at Bear’s Place

Julie Doiron’s characteristically winsome vocals, minimalist guitar melodies and melancholy heart-heavy lyrics will serenade listeners at Bear’s Place at 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Spirit of ’68 Promotions is bringing Doiron, the Canadian singer-songwriter, to the 21-and-up event in Bloomington as its first booked performance this month. Tickets remain available and on sale for $7.

In addition to Doiron, who will headline the show, Bloomington-based band Everybody, and Vicennes natives The Broderick will open the night.  

Doiron is currently touring in support of her latest album, “I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day,” released March 10 on Jagjaguwar Records, the Bloomington-based indie record label.

Rick White, Doiron’s onetime band-mate in Eric’s Trip, produced her latest album. As such, the album’s use of electric guitars and drums makes it more rock-oriented than Doiron’s other solo albums, which revisits the sound and style of Eric’s Trip,  

White said Eric’s Trip’s music sounds like “sappy melodic pop music on top of thick distortion,” drawing influence from Dinosaur Jr.’s heavily distorted guitar and Neil Young’s folk leanings.

Yet, Junior Parag Santhosh said he finds Doiron’s sound lo-fi, but enjoyable.  

“I’m quite taken by her unassuming, yet elegant vocals,” Santhosh said.

Doiron’s performance will draw listeners because of who she is and her easy demeanor, Santhosh said.

Doiron is a cute and somber songstress sure to please audience members, said Lucy Robinson, senior publicist for Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar Records and Dead Oceans.  

Junior Mark Mitchell said he thinks Doiron’s performance will certainly be moving.  

“Listening to her lyrics, I feel like she has something to say,” Mitchell said. “It’s perfect coffeehouse music. Good to wind down to.”

Senior Brock Lents said he enjoyed Julie Doiron last performance in Bloomington last year when she performed with Mount Eerie and Fred Squire in October at the Cinemat in support of her critically acclaimed collaborative album with Mount Eerie, “Lost Wisdom,” which was released on Oct. 7 2008.  

“The show was lovely, low-key and she had just purchased a new guitar that day from Roadworthy next door, “ Lents said. “Her explaining that to the audience, while holding her new purchased guitar made us feel closer to her.”