{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = New Old Friends | type = studio | artist = Dolour | cover = Nof-180border.jpg | released = November 2, 2004 | recorded = May 2002 – Oct 2003 | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie pop | length = | label = Made In Mexico Records | producer = Shane Tutmarc | prev_title = Suburbiac | prev_year = 2002 | year = 2004 | next_title = A Matter of Time: 2000-2005 | next_year = 2005 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r688888|pure_url=yes}} link] | rev2 = Three Imaginary Girls | rev2Score = #3 on Top 50 NW Albums of 2004 [http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/2004top10to1.asp link] | rev3 = ''The Stranger'' | rev3Score = [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=19897 link] | rev4 = ''Seattle Weekly'' | rev4Score = #3 on Best Albums of 2004 [https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/the-trophy-case link] | noprose = yes }}
'''''New Old Friends''''' is the third album by the indie rock band Dolour. It was produced by Shane Tutmarc. It was mixed by Jason Holstrom and Shane Tutmarc.
==Track listing== #“I Smell a Lawsuit” #“You Can't Make New Old Friends” #“Cheer Up Baby” #“Next 2 U” #“Butter Knife Suicide” #“Before Tonight's Big Party” #“CPR” #“Behind the Melody” #“What If?” #“Candy” #“My Paranoid Mind” #“Running Forever” #“October 29th”
==Recording details== The songs on the album were initially demos that Tutmarc made for Suburbiac's producer Aaron Sprinkle to comment on for a follow-up on Fugitive Records. Fugitive ceased operating and Tutmarc wrote songs about his growing dislike of the music business, including, "I Smell A Lawsuit," "Cheer Up Baby," "My Paranoid Mind," "What If", and "Behind the Melody" (sung by Jason Holstrom).
==Release details== New Old Friends was released independently in February 2004, with different artwork, showing Tutmarc and a few of the contributing musicians in a collage-style. The album was eventually picked up by Damien Jurado's Seattle indie label Made In Mexico Records and rereleased in November 2004 with a new layout and artwork by Shane's brother, Brandon Tutmarc. The album was favorably reviewed by The Seattle Times, The Stranger, KEXP, and AllMusic.com.
==New Old Friends tour== Tutmarc and band (including future Fleet Foxes leader Robin Pecknold on bass), undertook their first US tour in Spring 2005.
==Musicians== * Craig Curran - bass * Jason Holstrom - saxophone, ukulele, vocals * Eric Howk - lead and rhythm guitar * Sugar McGuinn - bass, percussion * Paul Mumaw - drums on "You Can't Make New Old Friends," "Next 2 U," "Candy," and "October 29th" * Phil Peterson - cello, string bass, trumpet, violin, synth, vocals, etc. * Jon E Rock - percussion * Joey Sanchez - drums on "I Smell A Lawsuit" and "Butter Knife Suicide" * Jesse Sprinkle - drums on "Cheer Up Baby" and "CPR" * Shane Tutmarc - vocals, piano, guitar, synth, bass, programming, percussion * Noah Weaver - piano
==Multiple releases== ''New Old Friends'' was originally self-released on February 17, 2004 with different album artwork by Brandon Tutmarc.
==20th Anniversary Re-Recording== In late 2024, Tutmarc returned to the material for the 20th anniversary with "New Old Friends xx," a start-to-finish new interpretation of the album recorded in a one-man-band fashion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shanetutmarc.bandcamp.com/album/new-old-friends-xx |title=PRE-ORDER 'NEW OLD FRIENDS XX'}}</ref> "New Old Friends xx" includes lyrical and musical changes throughout the album. Tutmarc shared this on his website, "New Old Friends was the album where I declared my independence and began the journey I continue on today – as a self-contained, self-produced, independent artist. It’s the album where I chose to step out of the machine and make music I wanted to make for myself. While there were many feels returning to this early music of mine, I also brought my whole last 20 years of life with me into the songs."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shanetutmarc.com/pre-order-new-old-friends-xx/ |title=New Old Friends xx}}</ref>
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Category:2004 albums Category:Dolour albums