No Way Up

Throughout her long-gestating debut album, Dora Jar sets out to answer the lone existential question of “Who am I?” The creation of No Way to Relax When You Are on Fire took the alt-pop star on a very literal journey across Alaska, Poland, and California, yet the songwriter (who grew up moving back and forth between the East and West Coast, with time spent in Poland and London as well) also embarked on a metaphorical journey of self-discovery as the resulting collection of songs welcomes the audience inside her mind.