After listening to my brand new Dolorean vinyl for his newest album “The Unfazed”, I was kinda worked up and wanted more. Well, I started going over the fact that I had to post again on the nom de plume that is the Al James fronted band out of Portland.
Admittedly a bit late to the party on Dolorean as I have only been listening for a couple of years, but there are some crazy good slow burners (including the one in this post) from James & Co. that just stop me in my tracks. The new album that is currently creeping up my best of 2011 list is laid back country at its best. From songs like duet beauty of ‘Country Clutter’ (with Bosque Brown I believe) to the stunning ‘Fools Gold Ring’ and up to 70’s rock influenced ‘Black Hills Gold’ – it is a must own album.
But enough of the new album, the song of the day is from a split 7″ Dolorean did with Holy Sons a few years back and there is a bit of a story of first jobs, misread words, Springsteen albums that lead to this song. Read the story from the Dolorean site here. Such a great track – this is minimal & stark singer songwriter at its best. This song is a piano lament of love lost – tragic in its crushing beauty to say the least. A must hear.
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Purchase on Partisan Records (North America) and Fargo Records (EUR).
Purchase the 7″ split with Dolorean & Holy Sons on the Pamlico Sound site.
~Smansmith
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2 responses to “Song of the Day: “Benito’s Dust” by Dolorean”
agreed…the Dolorean collection is far too often overlooked…likely due to a saturated genre. Unfazed is certainly a best of 2011…but it is great to hear this classic 7″…think I’m going to go listen to it on vinyl!
Beautiful song. Hats off to Dolorean, still ‘the Unfazed’ is my favorite album of the year. They definitely deserve a wider audience.