Strange Ranger / Remembering The Rockets
Album: Remembering The Rockets   Collection:General
Artist:Strange Ranger   Added:Sep 2019
Label:Tiny Engines  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-10-18 Pull Date: 2019-12-20
Week Ending: Dec 15 Nov 24 Nov 3 Oct 27
Airplays: 1 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 30, 2019: Everything
Living Free, '02
4. Dec 11, 2019: The Library
Leona
2. Dec 28, 2019: Music Casserole
Nothing Else To Think About
5. Nov 18, 2019: baggage claim
Athens, Ga
3. Dec 26, 2019: Old Fart At Play
Ari Song
6. Oct 29, 2019: Magnetized Toner
Leona

Album Review
a.b. en masse
Reviewed 2019-09-30
Strange Ranger - Remembering the Rockets
Reviewed by a.b. en masse
2019-09-30

Strange Ranger is an indie band with roots in Montana and Portland. “Remembering the Rockets” drifts back and forth between midtempo tunes and slower musings, all connected by a style that is slightly twangy and sweetly pitchy. If that’s not your kind of thing, track 5 features a female vocalist who is much more of a traditional singer.

RIYL: Joyce Manor, Pinegrove, You Blew It!

FCC: Track 8
Recommended Tracks: 1, 5

1. (3:46) Leona** – Sing-songy intro that hops along, “bada-da-da-da” chorus
2. (3:19) Sunday – Almost reads like a Gin Blossoms song, melodic melancholy
3. (3:25) Ari Song – Slower, more atmospheric
4. (0:52) athens, ga – Interlude track, synth-y pipes over ambient conversation
5. (3:38) Message to You*** – Another slow song. Soft female vocals grounded by bass, drums, and piano.
6. (4:10) Nothing Else to Think About – Mellow, melodic
7. (0:47) rockets – Another interlude, pipes, distortion, female humming
8. [FCC: fuck] (3:56) Ranch Style Home** – Weighty and slightly snarly, big choruses
9. (3:31) Pete’s Hill – Another mellow song, strumming
10. (4:07) Beneath the Lights – Darker song, slightly fuzzed distortion
11. (3:40) Planes in Front of the Sun – Sweet and simple piano line shines through
12. (1:42) ’02 – Interlude track, faded pipes and plucking
13. (3:35) Living Free – Slower track, drums plod along
14. (2:26) Cold Hands Warm Heart – Stripped back: sad ‘n’ sweet piano/vocals

Track Listing
1. Leona   8. Ranch Style Home
2. Sunday   9. Pete's Hill
3. Ari Song   10. Beneath The Lights
4. Athens, Ga   11. Planes In Front Of The Sun
5. Message To You   12. '02
6. Nothing Else To Think About   13. Living Free
7. Rockets   14. Cold Hands Warm Heart