The ten-track album was released with Mint 400 Records on 17 February 2017, and was produced by Joe Henry and Ryan Freeland at Stampede Original in Culver City, California.

The album features session musicians Jay Bellerose, Adam Levy, David Piltch and Patrick Warren, and the track "Blood Red Shoes" contains backing vocals from Victoria Williams.

[3] The track "Blood Red Shoes" is described as "captur[ing] the sweltering heat and arid wind of the sandy landscape [Son of the Velvet Rat] now call home," and contains an "almost danceable counterpoint to the somber nature of the lyrics.

"[2] A comprehensive review by Eleni Austin in Coachella Valley Weekly says "there is a novelistic approach to Georg's songwriting that recalls the cinematic language employed by authors like John Fante, Nathanael West and James M.

She calls "Surfer Joe" and "Sweet Angela" the two stand-out tracks on Dorado, and closes her review with "from the cobblestones of Vienna to the arid sonic landscapes of Mojave Desert, [Son of the Velvet Rat]'s music seems to soak up their surroundings.