Bio

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New album Daylight Upon Magic out now! Purchase vinyl, CD and merch combos via shanetutmarc.bandcamp.com

Growing up in Seattle in the 90s Dolour’s Shane Tutmarc is no stranger to big guitars and big hooks, but his songwriting has always shown a deep love for classic pop sensibilities, and more often than not will trade power chords for ornate, melodic dreamscapes. Dolour released their debut Waiting for a World War in 2001, when Tutmarc was 19. Generating a local buzz that grew to national and international acclaim for 2002’s Suburbiac and 2004’s New Old Friends. By the age of 23 Dolour already had a Best Of released in Japan, A Matter of Time 2000-2005. Tutmarc set Dolour aside in 2007 with the sprawling double album The Years In The Wilderness as he pursued projects ranging from American roots (Shane Tutmarc & The Traveling Mercies) to electronic psych rock (Solar Twin). In late 2019 Tutmarc began work on the first Dolour album in over a decade. Recorded at home, performing every instrument himself, June 2020’s The Royal We put Dolour back on the radar of indie fans around the globe. The response inspired Tutmarc to continue his one-man-band approach with April 2021’s Televangelist which became Tutmarc’s biggest album to date. Next, Tutmarc turned to a passion project, re-recording 15 songs from Dolour’s original period on September 2021’s Origin Story.

PRESS CLIPPINGS

"Tutmarc combines elements of garage-rock, folk, blues, country, gospel and pop into emotionally searing songs of spiritual disquiet and personal heartache."
- DON YATES, KEXP MUSIC DIRECTOR

"In the beginning, rock 'n' roll fused country, boogie-woogie and the blues. This up-tempo alloy of country, rhythm and blues is where Tutmarc reigns. It could be called modern roots because, yeah, it's a little bit rockabilly, a little bit '50s rock, maybe some cool cat swing in there, too. On top of everything, though, is Tutmarc's spirited voice, which is at home snarling or crooning, wherever the spirit takes him."
- SHAWN TELFORD, SEATTLE PI

"From the opening notes of his latest album, Shouting at a Silent Sky, it's obvious the land of Elvis and Faulkner has had a profound impact on the Seattle-born singer-songwriter. With his pencil-thin mustache and bowler hat, Tutmarc looks like he could be the star of a 1930s European film. But when he opens his mouth to sing, out comes a brass twang halfway between Dwight Yoakam and a young Steve Earle."
- BRIAN BARR, SEATTLE WEEKLY