Dolorean: "This is the legacy of the late Elliot Smith: a generation of indie-rock songwriters, not much younger than he was, using their own ramshackle voices to sing their own stories of creeping sadness and fleeting joy. Alex James leads Dolorean, a band based in Portland, Ore., that began recording its beautiful debut album, Not Exotic, almost two years ago. (At first, the band distributed the disc on its own; last Tuesday, the independent label Yep Roc released the album nationwide.) The songs gesture at folk and country, but they do it quietly and slowly, as if hesitant to disturb Mr. James’s delicate parables. And yet, despite the stillness, this is a wild, passionate album-loves and lovers die, not always by accident.”
--Kelefa Sanneh, New York Times
Dolorean will be be touring in December supporting Damian Jurado and Rosie Thomas. Check the Yep Roc filmstip media for a slideshow and single.