Member Since: 1/18/2005
Band Website: parasol.com
Band Members: Jonathan Scott and The Man From Another Place
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Sounds Like: "Sixties revisited by modern-day spacers. This is what the Beach Boys 20/20 might have sounded like if you heard it under sedation, from down a corridor, with the pitter-patter of light drizzle in the background. For Doleful Lions, tape hiss isnt a statement or a handicap, its another instrument. A must for wanderers, tender souls and those who like to look at the world with a lazy smile through a light layer of mist.--Uncut Magazine----------Gimghoul Numerologist? Turkish Star Wars? Titles like these could only portend another set of retro fantasiac pop from this Chapel Hill quintet. For album No. 3, Song Cyclops Volume One, high-strung Alex Chilton aspirations have been pushed aside and Bob Dylan dragged into the opium den; the 22-track result is a beautifully bizarro indie-rock Narnia that dead-rings a lost Radiohead soundtrack to Dungeons and Dragons. One of the most satisfyingly original albums of the year. -Gear Magazine-------Song Cyclops, Volume 2 is one of the best albums of this year so far. No questions asked. It's songwriting at it's best. It's singing at it's best. It's different. THANK GOD!!!!!!!!- thetripwire.com Out Like a Lamb is one of the most innocuous, oh-pardon-me-while-I-blow-your-mind epics you'll come across. There are moments during Out Like a Lamb that make you wish that R.E.M. followed up Automatic For the People with an album like this one, but R.E.M. are long dead, and it's time for someone else to pick up the slack. - PopMatters.com------- The Doleful Lions have gotten away for too long hiding their light beneath a bushel, its time the world joined the rest of us in admiration. (Out Like A Lamb) an album to lose yourself transfixed in awe at its overwhelming elegance.- Losing Today Magazine------- Shaded Lodge and Mausoleum is not a happy record. Despite hints of hope the album is frigid and dark. That’s not to say it isn’t a good record. It’s good, but it is not the kind of record that you would want to listen to on repeat; that is, unless your insurance covers repeated visits to a psychiatrist. Shaded Lodge and Mausoleum is definitely a rainy day album.- First Coast News------- Indie pop never sounded so beautiful, and neither did lovely singer/songwriter material sound so strong and catchy. Out Like a Lamb truly sounds like a group affair, yet Scott shows off his songwriting ability in full force. This album is light and lovely, playful and melancholy. It's also very hard to review, because it makes me want to just sit back and smile and listen. Jonathan Scott is truly a gifted songwriter.- Delusions Of Adequacy Magazine------- On a musical level, Shaded Lodge and Mausoleum is a beautiful piece of work recalling the warm acoustic psychedelia of the 60s. Fans of Nick Drake, Love, and the Beach Boys will find a lot to appreciate here. It's a gentle listening experience and I don't think I'd be too far off the mark to call it hypnotic. That's right, you'll find yourself hypnotized, floating on a cloud, in a peaceful musical cocoon... Until you realize what Jonathan Scott is singing about. That's right. There's some sinister shit going on beneath all that beautiful music. Satanism, human sacrifice, and black magic all wrapped up in poetic romanticism. I wouldn't be surprised to find the complete works of Aleister Crowley on Scott's bookshelf along with a bootleg of Kenneth Anger's underground experimental occult films in his VHS player.-Cut The Chord blog------- It is rare indeed when we hear an artist whose words and music come straight from the heart. This is obviously the case here. Out Like A Lamb is chock full of music that will touch and warm your heart on the very first listen. Pop music just doesn't get much better than this... (Rating: 5+++)- LMNOP blog------- And did we just mention the Doleful Lions. These little darlings wowed us all last year with their 4th long player ‘Out like a lamb’, possibly the best album of the year and if not very close. A delicate balance of tranquil gestures, exquisite techniques that simply pinpoint the place where sensual meets the surreal. Doleful Lions could be quite possibly the finest exponents of the pop dream today, each finely worked mini epic ticks away waiting to expel its colourful and ethereal magic to all within earshot. A modern classic?- Losing Today Magazine------- As one of the few folk-pop bands to sing songs about werewolves and driller-killers, Doleful Lions have a weirdo legacy to uphold. Shaded Lodge And Mausoleum (Parasol) announces its intentions with the opener "Sham Magic In The Night Gallery," a lo-fi magical mystery tour that charts a Byrds-like flight path. This is a record for people who like light psychedelia with nods to B-movie culture.- The Onion------- A beautiful new album (Shaded Lodge And Mausoleum) from the doleful lions. 11 tracks that blend big echo and the bunnymen meets olivia tremor control pop with rich acoustic ballads, embellished with home recorded noise and weirdness that never gets in the way of the music. an expansive emotional guided by voices, a folkier grandaddy perhaps, the bands finest to date. on parasol- Rough Trade------- The fourth Doleful Lions album (Out Like A Lamb) finds auteur Jonathan Scott (abetted by David W. Jackson and Aynsley Pirtle) reaching a personal summit of sorts. As a songwriter, Scott writes some of the most distinctive melodies of anyone recording pop music today. Through his music, you may not understand everything he's trying to get at. However, you will feel it. This is a very special album.-Fufkin.com------- Works like the velvety "Saturday Mansions," psychedelic "I Can Take You To The Sun," subtle "Dear Lazarus" & wailing "Tanah Lot" establishes Out As A Lamb the cutting edge masterpiece that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot never was.-Power Of Pop Magazine
Record Label: Parasol Records and Broken Horse Records
Type of Label: Indie