Weapon by Dubious Ranger
Weapon was born with an imagined bass riff improvised on the piano by Alexander during the night of July 4th. Since he avoids all form of human contact during national holidays, these evenings often produce what become classic songs.
4:08 minutes (5.68 MB)
The Proximity of Pipes by Dubious Ranger
One of Alexander's first compositions was "Unwind," a lousy, boring work from 2003. But the melody, with its slinky shape and intervals that lean toward Chopin's sultry ninths and Ravel's icy sevenths, wouldn't go away. Fast-forward five years (that's all we've got!!!) and Jonathan found that this old theme worked with a newer theme that was just begging to be the most uncomfortably catchy chorus ever.
7:08 minutes (9.79 MB)
Ghost Ship by Dubious Ranger
An old riff found life in a new groove, and the composite became one of the strangest and most captivating songs on the album. A confluence of emotions and styles swirls and ripples beneath a cautionary lyric about making decisions, and, of course, trusting the strangest people on earth.
4:37 minutes (6.34 MB)
French Song by Dubious Ranger
Dubious Ranger had one simple goal in mind with this track: Imagine Andy Warhol and a bunch of other art-scene dudes all in high school, all attempting to make a rock band in their parent's garage, and all playing their instruments while somehow politely thrusting each of their pinkies in the air as hard as possible to indicate their artsy-fartsy-ness. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
3:26 minutes (3.94 MB)
The Man From Circumstances (a loving tribute to Roast Beef and the world of Achewood)
Hey kiddies, so if you didn't know, the members of Dubious Ranger are all sort of huge geeks and long-time diehard fans of Achewood, a little webcomic gem about a depressed cat programmer and his super-rich banana-hammock-wearing buddy, among other quite absurdly wonderful characters. This comic, probably the most brilliantly hilarious thing in modern existence, can be found at www.achewood.com, and it is wonderful. As a matter of fact, we like Achewood so much, we decided to write a song about it... And for the price of joining our fan club, you can have it for free, no strings attached.
4:13 minutes (4.84 MB)
"The Killing Moon", as covered by Dubious Ranger and Bhi Bhiman
As part of our "Butchers Vol. 1" series of reinterpretations of some of our favorite songs, Dubious Ranger is proud to present, "The Killing Moon", a collaboration between the band and superb San Francisco singer/songwriter Bhi Bhiman. Originally written by Echo & The Bunnymen and featured in numerous films including Donnie Darko and Grosse Pointe Blank, the piece is an ominous crooner soaked in soft fear and subtle beauty.
4:47 minutes (6.57 MB)
