VIVID TALES OF LOVE AND CATASTROPHE
Welcome To Pulp Rock.

Conceptually dark and unflinchingly hopeful, the world illuminated in the new album, Vivid Tales of Love & Catastrophe, is the creation of experienced musician Doli Stepniewski. Starring here as alter ego, DareDevilDale, Doli single-handedly weaves together a collection of progressive human experience, as stirring as it is catchy. 

Steered by Doli’s one-man-band approach to performance and production, DareDevilDale comes to life as our champion through the relatable, everyday hero stories of the album’s rich characters:

“Close your eyes and open up your mind… Can you believe what you’ll be when you’re ready?” he sings in the album’s sunshiny opening track, “Next Big Thing.”  And from a deliciously violent overthrow of convention in “Big Bang,” to addiction to combative relationships in the driving, “Friction,” listeners are compelled to hold on through the rollicking ups-and-downs of the album’s ten tracks of unapologetically sensational reality.

PEOPLE ARE TALKING
“Dark and ominous energy with a sense of mystery!”

“Killer, catchy. I could definitely hear this blasting on the loudspeakers at a dance club!”

“This sound sounds like nothing I've heard before. Fast driving beats, with a pumping bass and catchy riffs. Pet Shop Boys meets pop rock boy band! Crazy fusion.” 

Friction

Polar Night Vol. 1 is how I imagine a Winter visit to Tromsø, Norway, a city of 75,000 well in the arctic circle. I hope to visit soon, then make Vol. 2 based on my experiences.

While I was waiting for schedules to line up on other projects, I occupied myself in summer with an arctic theme. It was refreshing to exercise different creative muscles with a largely experimental recording. It was a really fun and fast-moving toboggan ride to record. A little harder to mix, but not quite a (polar) bear.

All the “percussion” is electric guitar, and with rare exception the instrumentation is limited to e guitar and Moog Sub 37.

It’s filled with celestial wonders and geological violence. I hope you like it.

I took the cover photo on final decent into Oslo in 2017.

Particles

Never a time before, got me walking in a straight line, 8 miles as the crow flys, never a lie before, to this world resigned, when love and hate is a fine line, never a time before, coming at you in a straight line, from 8 miles high.

Never A Time Before

Nebuloid

Dollhouse

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Lula, I'm Not Mad

https://fanlink.to/IfIWereYou

if i were u i'd hate me !!

If I Were You

here is a new remix.
yay

Virtual Riot - https://soundcloud.com/virtual-riot
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PRXZM - https://soundcloud.com/prxzm

Virtual Riot - In My Head Ft. PRXZM (Niosix Remix)

Explosively expatriated from the farmlands of Ohio, singer-songwriter Doli Stepniewski breathes mischievous spirit into creative alter-ego, DareDevilDale. Known for effusive hooks and anthemic power-pop melodies, he creates vivid tales of love and catastrophe… fit for the pages of a graphic novel. Each song pulls equally from Stepniewski’s own experiences as both an accomplished touring musician (Owsley, Amy Grant, Under The Big Top) and a successful tech entrepreneur. The result is an accessible yet divergent sound delivered with a wink and nod to musical superheroes Stewart Copeland, Gordon Sumner, Andy Summers, Stuart Adamson and John Taylor.

Friction

daredevildale

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