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Dora Jar has put a Spell on us lately

DORA JAR TOUR DATES 

November 3, 2022 - Atlanta, GA - VINYL 

November 5, 2022 - Washington, DC - DC9 NIGHTCLUB 

November 6, 2022 - Philadelphia, PA - PHILAMOCA SOLD OUT

November 8, 2022 - New York, NY - BOWERY BALLROOM SOLD OUT 

November 10, 2022 - Boston, MA - CAFE 939 AT BERKLEE SOLD OUT  

November 12, 2022 - Toronto, ON - THE DRAKE UNDERGROUND 

November 14, 2022 - Chicago, IL - SCHUBAS TAVERN 

November 15, 2022 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th STREET ENTRY 

November 19, 2022 - Seattle, WA - BARBOZA 

November 20, 2022 - Portland, OR - POLARIS HALL 

November 22, 2022 - San Francisco, CA - RICKSHAW STOP 

November 30, 2022 - Los Angeles, CA - TROUBADOUR SOLD OUT

Today alt popstar on-the-rise Dora Jar returns with a haunting, tender new single and video for “Spell”, inspired by nature’s constant change. On “Spell”, Dora’s airy, celestial vocals glide like autumn leaves on a windy day over delicate guitar strums and wispy melodies. “Memory whispering, you were there listening / Ear pressed to the door, Spying / Let me in Magdalene I was always the one / You would toss to the wind / Put a spell on my eyes / Now you’re all over, Hello again,” she sings on the moody track. 

Dora shares, “Spell is a song about the feeling of calm before the storm, a pensive reflection and anticipation of change, a wish for a deeper understanding of nature, and a yearning to know my role within the ebb and flow. I usually get seasonal depression in October, which is also my sister’s and my birth month, so I wanted to release it as a gift to honor the melancholy of transition.” 

“Spell” comes with an official video directed by Dora’s trusted creative collaborator Erica Snyder (“Multiply”, “Did I Get It Wrong”, “It’s Random”, “Quiver”) that takes us down the enchanted train of seasonal transition. Developed from Dora’s own drawings, the video finds Dora reflective and ethereal in nature, and brought to life through special VFX. It’s delicate and deep, allowing Dora the opportunity to explore so much of the beauty in her season of birth. Watch HERE.

Produced by Dora and apob, a collaborator she began working with on her celebrated debut EP Digital Meadow, with additional production from Jeremy Freedman of The Neighbourhood who worked on her second EP comfortably in pain, “Spell” continues a career-defining year for Dora. Over the course of 2022, she blessed fans with alluring singles “Bumblebee” and “Bump”, joined Billie Eilish for the Happier Than Ever World Tour in Australia and New Zealand, and announced her first North American headline tour set to launch in Atlanta November 3 - see full list of dates below. In September, Dora performed a stirring live rendition of “Bump” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Me Music - watch HERE. This month, Dora partnered with LEGO to build a brick creation of her own and will perform at LEGO Lates event series in New York City on Thursday, October 20, alongside Skip Marley. Born in New York but raised in LA, the 24-year-old singer’s formative sound has already captured the attention of NPR, The New York Times, W Magazine, Billboard, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, and more.

STREAM / PURCHASE “SPELL”

https://DoraJar.lnk.to/SpellSingle