* Order You Can't Win on CD or LP and download the full digital album from your Stash right away! Street Date: 02/20/2007 Item #: CD-YEP-2109

After 2003's Not Exotic and 2005's Violence in the Snowy Fields, Dolorean became an underdog favorite with national critics, writers, and a loyal following of fans. Now, with You Can't Win, their third Yep Roc release, Dolorean delivers another collection of melancholy and stunningly beautiful folk pop songs. Singer Al James completed the eleven new songs here after Dolorean's 2005 European tour, and before long, the band performed the set live at two gigs within two weeks at one bar in their hometown of Portland, OR. After these two brief outings, James and cohorts promptly went into the studio and recorded all the basic tracks in one weekend. Cinematic and haunting in their imagery, the songs on You Can't Win - from thespooky opening percussion on the title track to the closing notes of "My Still Life" - confirm the critical accolades. Cover art photo taken by filmmaker Gus Van Sant. This is a limited edition LP, there will only be one press of You Can't Win on vinyl. Be sure to reserve yours now! All orders of this album come with a free digital version!

* Order You Can't Win on CD or LP and download the full digital album from your Stash right away! Street Date: 02/20/2007 Item #: LP-YEP-2109

After 2003's Not Exotic and 2005's Violence in the Snowy Fields, Dolorean became an underdog favorite with national critics, writers, and a loyal following of fans. Now, with You Can't Win, their third Yep Roc release, Dolorean delivers another collection of melancholy and stunningly beautiful folk pop songs. Singer Al James completed the eleven new songs here after Dolorean's 2005 European tour, and before long, the band performed the set live at two gigs within two weeks at one bar in their hometown of Portland, OR. After these two brief outings, James and cohorts promptly went into the studio and recorded all the basic tracks in one weekend. Cinematic and haunting in their imagery, the songs on You Can't Win - from thespooky opening percussion on the title track to the closing notes of "My Still Life" - confirm the critical accolades. Cover art photo taken by filmmaker Gus Van Sant. This is a limited edition LP, there will only be one press of You Can't Win on vinyl. Be sure to reserve yours now! All orders of this album come with a free digital version!

* Buy the CD or LP and get the digital album in your Stash right away as DRM-free MP3s! Street Date: 10/05/2004 Item #: CD-YEP-2082

Make no mistake -- this is still the sound of your loved one's heart breaking. But this time around, Dolorean has packaged that sound within a more focused, more mature, and far more dynamic collection of songs. Alex James and company haven't stolen the drummer's brushes, but on Violence in the Snowy Fields, they do occasionally put them away in favor of letting Ben Nugent pound on the skins a bit. The mix of soft, finger-picked folk songs with downright bouncy tunes harkens back to the raw parlor soul of Wild Honey-era Beach Boys and the lush Jack Nitzsche-Neil Young compositions from Buffalo Springfield. Alex has brought many of the same cast of characters from 2003's debut Not Exotic to help create this lush caldron of emotions including Violence producer Jeff Saltzman (Steve Malkmus), keyboardist Jay Clarke (on loan from labelmates The Standard), who added piano, vibraphones and organ and the aforementioned Ben Nugent on drums. Rather than serve as a mere cushion for Alex's poetically narrative lyrics, the musical collaboration has created a beautiful backdrop of sounds that moves and intertwines itself with the vocals throughout the album. Those drawn to the restraint of Dolorean's previous outing will find the growth of Violence in the Snowy Fields undeniable and enchanting. This is a limited edition LP, there will only be one press of Violence in the Snowy Fields on vinyl. Be sure to get yours now! All orders of this album come with a free digital version which you can download from your Stash right away!

* Buy the CD or LP and get the digital album in your Stash right away as DRM-free MP3s! Street Date: 10/05/2004 Item #: LP-YEP-2082

Make no mistake -- this is still the sound of your loved one's heart breaking. But this time around, Dolorean has packaged that sound within a more focused, more mature, and far more dynamic collection of songs. Alex James and company haven't stolen the drummer's brushes, but on Violence in the Snowy Fields, they do occasionally put them away in favor of letting Ben Nugent pound on the skins a bit. The mix of soft, finger-picked folk songs with downright bouncy tunes harkens back to the raw parlor soul of Wild Honey-era Beach Boys and the lush Jack Nitzsche-Neil Young compositions from Buffalo Springfield. Alex has brought many of the same cast of characters from 2003's debut Not Exotic to help create this lush caldron of emotions including Violence producer Jeff Saltzman (Steve Malkmus), keyboardist Jay Clarke (on loan from labelmates The Standard), who added piano, vibraphones and organ and the aforementioned Ben Nugent on drums. Rather than serve as a mere cushion for Alex's poetically narrative lyrics, the musical collaboration has created a beautiful backdrop of sounds that moves and intertwines itself with the vocals throughout the album. Those drawn to the restraint of Dolorean's previous outing will find the growth of Violence in the Snowy Fields undeniable and enchanting. This is a limited edition LP, there will only be one press of Violence in the Snowy Fields on vinyl. Be sure to get yours now! All orders of this album come with a free digital version which you can download from your Stash right away!

Street Date: 11/04/2003 Item #: CD-YEP-2058

Not Exotic is the debut album by Portland OR's Dolorean. Their goal was to capture the spirit, feel, and spontaneity that exists on albums that the band has loved over the years (think The Band's Music From The Big Pink, Neil Young's Harvest and Nick Drake's Pink Moon). Recorded in Larry Crane's Jackpot! Studio in Portland, the band laid down the vocals, acoustic guitar, piano and drum tracks live for an intimate, organic sound that perfectly complements singer/frontman Alex James' haunting compositions. Produced by Jeff Saltzman (Stephen Malkmus), Not Exotic manages to achieve these lofty goals and more. In addition to the classic references noted above, think early Red House Painters, Low and Mazzy Star. Not Exotic manages to create and sustain a mood without letting go.

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