Waiting for a World War

Waiting For A World War is the debut album released by the indie rock band Dolour. The album was produced by Blake Wescott and Dolour. The artwork was done by Jesse LeDoux (who is now most known for his Shins and Pedro The Lion album covers).

Infobox Album | Name = Waiting For A World of War
Type = Album
Artist = Dolour


Released = April 17 2001
Recorded = July 2000 - September 2000
Genre = Indie pop
Label = Sonic Boom Records
Producer(s) = Blake Wescott and Dolour
artwork = Jesse LeDoux
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This album = "Waiting For A World War (2001) | Next album = "Suburbiac (2002)

Track listing

All songs written by Shane Tutmarc (BMI)

1. So, So Sad 2. Sophie 3. Baby U Rescued Me 4. (No) Ordinary People 5. Ride The Black Stallion 6. Cleopatra Eyes 7. Rocker Chixxx Dig Us 8. Now You're On Your Own 9. Old Age 10. Low Flying Planes 11. (Who Really Cares?)

Behind the Scenes

Waiting for A World War, Dolour's debut full-length, was actually a transitional time for Shane Tutmarc and Dolour. This recording marked the end of the 'Dolour-as-a-band" era and the dawning of "Dolour-as-Shane's-solo-project". Although Shane had been writing songs since he was very young, when he started Dolour, he was not the sole contributor. But being that the group was formed while everyone was still in high school, year after year, key players dropped out to pursue other interests (i.e. get jobs, etc) and by the time this record was released, Shane was the last man standing. Initially, Shane had maintained a number of side-projects, but by the time this first LP was being recorded he had focused his vision to just one project. The songwriting had now shifted from group-written songs based on "jams", to songs crafted by Shane on his own and brought to the band to play. The album took over twice as long as was planned, partly because Shane was taking the band is a very new direction and had thrown out all the songs that they had entered the studio with, deciding to write new ones in the studio. Unsatisfied with the more "collage" approach to songwriting they had been doing, just merging "cool sounding" parts together, he opted to go for a more classic "pop structure" technique. By the time the record was finished, way over their budget and emotionally drained, both bassist Joe Gregory (who had started the band with Shane) and drummer Paul Mumaw (who joined during the recording) left the group. Initially discouraged, Shane was now free to take Dolour wherever he pleased, and took the opportunity to study pop songwriting and record production, hoping to have more expression and control with the next album.

Trivia

*David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion/Headphones fame) was originally lined-up to play drums on the record. After a couple of weeks of pre-production with the band, he was replaced by Paul Mumaw, whose Ringo-esque playing style fit better as the band developed a more traditional approach to song-crafting throughout the course of the recording.
* The only song never attempted live was "Ride the Black Stallion", although an earlier incarnation of the song ("Jumping the Equestrian Somersets") was part of Dolour's repertoire in 1999.

Musicians

* Shane Tutmarc
* Joe Gregory
* Paul Mumaw Additional keys and percussion by Casey Foubert and Blake Wescott

Release Date

April 17 2001