Dolour

Dolour
Shane Tutmarc of Dolour
Background information
Origin	Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Genres	Indie pop
Years active	1997 – 2007
Labels	Quince Records Made In Mexico Records
Associated acts	U.S.E. Fleet Foxes The Divorce Vendetta Red
Members
Shane Tutmarc is the only constant presence in the band; the other members are a rotating cast of collaborators.

Dolour was a musical alias of songwriter/producer Shane Tutmarc of Seattle, Washington. As Dolour, he released 4 full-lengths, and a handful of independent EPs and 7"s since 2000. In late 2005, A Matter of Time: 2000-2005, a collection of album tracks and rarities was released by Japanese label Quince Records. After a 2-year hiatus, The Years in the Wilderness was released on August 29, 2007 on Quince Records.

History

Dolour first appeared in Seattle, Washington's independent music scene in 1997;Waiting For A World War was released in April 2001. Tutmarc experimented with many different songwriting approaches and recorded over 100 demos before he entered the studio in the fall of 2001 to begin his second album, Suburbiac^{[citation needed]}. These recordings ended up landing Dolour a deal with Seattle label Fugitive Records^{[citation needed]}. The album was released on October 29, 2002. New Old Friends (2004) was released in 2004. It was the first album Tutmarc took sole production credit for. Initially released independently in February 2004, it was eventually re-released on Damien Jurado's label, Made In Mexico Records in November 2004. Over the course of 2004-2006 Tutmarc recorded two separate albums, Hell or Highwater and Storm & Stress, which werebeen combined and released as The Years in the Wilderness (2007).

Since the completion of The Years in the Wilderness in early 2007, Tutmarc started a new group with his family members called Shane Tutmarc & The Traveling Mercies. On December 6, 2007, Tutmarc announced that Dolour were finished as he focused his efforts on his new project.^[1]

The band's name means "intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one, especially by death."^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Studio Albums

• Waiting For A World War (2001)
• Suburbiac (2002)
• New Old Friends (2004)
• The Years in the Wilderness (2007)

7"

• Iceland 7" (2001)

EPs

• CPR (2003)

Best Of

• A Matter of Time: 2000-2005 (2005) Japanese only

Compilations

• Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson (2002)
• Various Artists - We Make Our Own Mistakes, Volume One (2005)

References

External links

• Official band website
• Dolour's Myspace page
• Allmusic biography

Interviews

• ALLALOM Music Shane Tutmarc Interview, by Samuel Aaron
• ALLALOM Music Shane Tutmarc Interview by Samuel Aaron