New Sounds: Julie Peel unfolds

There are a lot of indie-folk artists out there, and most of them get a quick pass during my iPod shuffle. It’s not that I don’t like the genre (okay, I don’t really like the genre), but I find most of them are more sleepy than dreamy. And on an early morning transit ride where I do most of my music listening, sleepy isn’t good. On “Unfold,” a Beth Orton-ish track from her upcoming CD Near the Sun, new singer/songwriter Julie Peel gets dreamy right. And on the other tracks streaming on her MySpace page, Peel (a multi-instrumentalist who shuttles between France and Montreal) shows she’s an artist to watch. Or at least keep you awake.

Julie Peel: Unfold (from Largehearted Boy)
from the upcoming CD Near the Sun
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