Do you ever feel sad? Apparently, you're not the only one. Julie Doiron's Loneliest in the Morning is a rough ride through the mind of a depressed little lady. Sadly, it's a little sparse. Occasionally, it's nice to hear just a girl and her six strings, but it does get tiring after a few tracks. Luckily, Doiron adds some other accompaniment every great once in a while, and it's on those tracks that we become aware of what this girl's capable of.

Julie's written melodies that are catchy enough to knock Elizabeth Clark Phair upside side the head. The best of these are the bare, empty room sadness of "Sorry (Parts I and II)," the incredibly memorable misery of "Tell You Again," and "Mother," and the shameless, beautiful love song, "Love To Annoy."

Dorion's got a long way to go before reaching rock star status, but this is a nice start. If you like it, you might reach back for some older albums by her bands Eric's Trip and Broken Girl.

-Ryan Schreiber