{"id":5442,"date":"2013-11-19T17:27:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marmoset-journal.flywheelsites.com\/2013-11-featured-artist-the-raw-and-beautiful-world-of-delorean\/"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:40:02","slug":"featured-artist-the-raw-and-beautiful-world-of-delorean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/featured-artist-the-raw-and-beautiful-world-of-delorean\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Artist \/\/ The raw and beautiful world of Dolorean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n                style=\"padding-bottom:59.32203674316406%;\"\n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n  data-animation-override\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dolorean.jpg\" alt=\"dolorean.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dolorean.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dolorean.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"590x350\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"dolorean.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"528ba021e4b0b66670e40a7c\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 590px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 590\/350;\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The first thing you might notice when listening to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/artists\/dolorean\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dolorean<\/a> is the transparent, raw lyrics of their music holding you in a place of honest and vulnerable beauty.&nbsp; This folk-rock ensemble presents delicately arranged songs surrounding the storytelling of front man <strong>Al James<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The second thing you might notice when listening to Dolorean is how their music navigates you through a winding road of <strong>reflective<\/strong> pensiveness, deliberately balanced with <strong>romantic<\/strong> hopefulness.&nbsp; To listen to this band is to take a drive in the calm intimate hours of the morning.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>minimal<\/strong> songs like &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/10903\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Could You Do?<\/a>&#8221; the story comes first and everything else supports the weighted lyricism in each of their folk ballads.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WhatCouldYouDobyDolorean.mp3\/original\/What+Could+You+Do+by+Dolorean.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"What Could You Do?\"\n  data-author=\"Dolorean\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"\"\n  data-color-theme=\"dark\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whether in times of tension or <strong>joy<\/strong>, this ensemble sheds new light on any experience with <strong>anthemic<\/strong> revelry.&nbsp; Enjoy the sights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em>Stirling Myles<\/em><\/p>\n<p>   <iframe data-src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/45098769?wmode=opaque&amp;api=1\" title=\"Al James of Dolorean\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"720\" width=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing you might notice when listening to Dolorean is the transparent, raw lyrics&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2143,475,2128,218,1885,33,10,582,326,327,325,873,245,2144,2145],"class_list":["post-5442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-dolorean","tag-folk","tag-folk-rock","tag-licensing","tag-lyrics","tag-marmoset","tag-marmoset-music","tag-or","tag-oregon","tag-pdx","tag-portland","tag-reflective","tag-rock","tag-what-could-you-do","tag-what-would-you-do","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}