PARK RANGER bio:

  • Keith bogart Gt / Shane chikeles Drum / Sean hansen Vocal+Bass

  • 2002年にDoghouse　RecordsのバンドﾓJOSHUA"のメンバーとTHEATARISのメンバー、Sean Hansen（ショーン・ハンセン）,Keith Bogart,(キース・ボガード）,Shane Chikeles(シェイン・チケレス）,Paul Carabello（ポール・カラベロ）で結成され、地元でライブを行い、有名なNYにあるNADA RECORDING STUDIOでJohn Nacerio( My CHEMICALROMANCE,Armor for sleep,Senses Fail,Matchbook Romance )のプロデュースによりいくかのデモを作成。その直後、バンドの優れた音楽的才能と独特作詞作曲がTheAtarisのフロントマン、KrisRoeの目にとまる。Roeの誘いでThe Atarisのアルバム ﾒWelcome the NIghtﾓに参加ツアーやコマーシャルを行い注目を集める。そして2007年、Paul Carabelloは自分の道を選び脱退、 Hansen ,Bogart , Chikelesは新たに３人で曲作りに専念しアルバム制作に入り、デビューアルバムﾓSAFE WITHOUT SOUND"を完成させる。素晴らしいソングライティングと不思議な叙情は聞くもの全てを魅了し、彼らの正直なまでの心が伝わってくる最高傑作。エンジニアには、JOSHUAのフロントマン、Dan Coutantを迎えてレコーディイングを行い、ミックスにはエモ界のマスターエンジニア、J.Robbinsを起用。本国アメリカではOZZFESTなど多くのフェスにも参加、そして2008年日本へ！

  • The members of Park Ranger have an extensive musical history behind them. Each have played in several bands in front of audiences all over the world, and achieved some level of success in doing so. Beneath these experiences, however, existed an unrealized potential that demanded to be realized. The members of Park Ranger picked up the pieces immediately following these experiences, regrouped, and wrote what is sure to be one of rock's best releases of 2008. Safe Without Sound features 13 songs that cover the short history of this great band, but plays like a "best of" compilation. The album performances restore faith in the integrity of good songwriting, musicianship... and just plain heart. Songs like "Flawless is Perfect" and "When to Follow" reveal a sentiment both honest and pessimistic, yet uplifting in it's melodic mastery and manipulation of key and time changes as if they were played for the very first time right there on the spot. 2008, the year of the Ranger.

    Official web site:
    www.myspace.com/parkranger


  • CD INFORMATION:

    SAFE WITHOUT SOUND









    1.Safe Without Sound 2.Under Ny Trees 3.Flawless Is Perfect
    4.When To Follow 5.Politics Are Dirty 6.Best Games Played 7.Expectancy Would Be Shorter 8.Revolutionary Thinking
    9.National Act 10.Redefine Great

    11.All Wrong, Alright? 12.Distracting Circumstances 13.Language
    Bonus Songs:Japanese version only!!
    14.No For An Answer

    15.More Than The Sum Of It's Parts
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