Leading the Misled

It's happening tonight, we're crossing lines
I feel like I look like I'm joking all the time
Away from some form of unstable relation

You know how to put it best
I'm totally impressed
(It's automatic success)

I've echoed lines of hollow signs
Had written off as a dead letter
In reply, It's wasteful to say
So I'll save you the hassle

You know how to put it best
I'm totally impressed
(It's automatic success)
Should I quit while I'm ahead
I'm leading the misled to their fullest extent
(It's time & money well spent)

If it's happening tonight, we're losing light
Should probably take this selfless act inside.

It Will Get Through

It's all bells, whistles & spinning wheels
Chicago lights not far behind
Harboring issues
It's mainly you filling the blanks inside of my mind
As if today was yesterday
Familiar floors of nights before
Empty rooms start filling
We'll keep things moving goddamn willing

Unamazed, we burn
We're fading into everything I thought we weren't
Stand at last, we're at the back
We have a glass, a glass, a glass, a glass

You never really cared what it took to get out there
I need you to know that it's unfair
Not worth your weight or the waiting around we did
But, who's to kid?
I'm holding you to it
We'll get through

It's all smoke & mirrors
A trick we learned to occupy and pass the time
Though, this time you wouldn't buy
Another try and try
A try and try
As yesterday's destination
Is today's pointless conversation

You never really cared what it took to get out there
I need you to know that it's unfair
Not worth your weight or the waiting around we did
But, who's to kid?
I'm holding you to it
We'll get through
(It will get through)
I'm holding you to it.

"Leading the Misled" and "It Will Get Through" were recorded by Dan Coutant at The Sun Room in Cornwall NY and Nada Recording Studio in New Windsor NY.

Though we're told they maintain our "trademark" PR sound, we feel that the new material encapsulates the direction we're heading (or have been heading) with our songwriting and also from a sonic standpoint. Power-Jazz/Math-Pop/Post-Rock/Indie/Progressive...call it what you will.

How about Rock?

We hope to have an EP finished sometime before the end of the year, released on a label yet to be determined. 'Til then, we will continue to write & record at our leisure and make songs that we (and hopefully, YOU) care about.

This is it. Enjoy these new songs!

-Sean

P.S.- For info on Dan's studio go to:
myspace.com/dancoutantmix or find him in our Top Friends

P.P.S.- Keith & I are also now playing with Dan in a band called Fireworks Go Up! now and will be writing and rehearsing for our first show on August 21st at Olive's in Nyack NY. Kind of a straight-up, don't give a fuck power-pop trio a la Ted Leo & The Pharmacists. Please friend us, too!

myspace.com/fireworksgoup

For real now, this is it. Enjoy these new songs!

-Sean

Hi friends,

We've just wrapped up our East Coast tour with the amazing Parms from Japan! We all just wanted to extend a blanket "thank you" to everyone who came out to see us, bought our merch, fed us, paid us, bathed us, bought us drinks and/or housed us on our trek from NY to FL to NY. We met some really amazing people on this tour and will never forget your generosity and hospitality.

Park Ranger will be playing some shows in NY in the coming months, as we settle back into our studio to begin pre-production for our next release. We have some ideas stirring around and can only say this next album will indeed be "different" than our previous LP.

Also, our filmmaking French/Freedom friend Florian Coste, who traveled with us and Parms these past few weeks will begin editing together the raw footage of our shows and our experiences on tour. Expect updated on this in the next few months as well.

Thank you for your ear,
Sean
Park Ranger

RESPECT IS DUE:

Parms (Japan)
Long Since Forgotten (Syracuse) *R.I.P.*
Frontier(s) (Louisville)
Workers (Louisville)
Sound & Shape (Nashville)
Kiss Kiss (Hudson Valley)
Ribbons (Pittsburgh)
How to Disappear (NY)
The Color Wheels (Poughkeepsie)
Kevin Ratterman @ The Funeral Home (Louisville)
EVERY promoter and sound guy 

A special edition of "Safe Without Sound" will be released in Japan on Waver Waver Records on December 17th 2008. This version will have completely different artwork and features two previously unreleased bonus songs: "More Than the Sum of it's Parts" and "No For an Answer".

Pre-order a copy now at:

waver-waver.com

Supporting the release, we'll be playing some Japan shows with Waver Waver Records' artists Parms and nim in February '09!

Feb 7th in TOKYO @ ERA with TRIBAL CHAIR
Feb 8th in MAEBASHI @ ACCURACY with TBA
Feb 10th in KYOTO @ WHOOPEES with LOW-PASS
Feb 11th in OSAKA @ HOKAGE with TBA
Feb 12th in KOBE @ BLUEPORT with LOW-PASS
Feb 13th in SAITAMA @ HEVEN's with TRIBAL CHAIR
Feb 14th in CHIBA @ LOOK with TRIBAL CHAIR

We'll keep you posted as we get more info on these shows.

Cheers,
Sean
PR

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Park Ranger will be featured in the "sound bites" section of Wonkavision magazine, out sometime in July.

click HERE to see where you can pick up an issue!

Reviews of our record 'Safe Without Sound' are coming in as well...

Delusions of Adequacy

Order our debut CD at:

Parrot on a Porch Records

all good things!
-Park Ranger

Yo!

So we're happy to announce the release of our debut LP 'Safe Without Sound' on Parrot on a Porch Records.

The CD is available at:

www.parrotonaporch.com

We're also very excited to finally be playing some shows again. We'll be opening for CURSIVE @ The Polish Club in Poughkeepsie NY on April 20th.

Tix available at:

www.etix.com

Then, US touring will begin in May, starting on the 5th in Pittsburgh PA.

Please keep checking back for more dates as we are adding them every day.

Hope to see you all at the shows!

Thanks for listening.

Endless love,
Park Ranger

www.parrotonaporch.com
www.myspace.com/parkranger

THE TIME HAS COME!

Our CD is now available for order through:

www.parrotonaporch.com

also available as a digital album download at:

iTunes
www.amazon.com
www.rhapsody.com
www.emusic.com

*WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU PURCHASE ’SAFE WITHOUT SOUND’ IN CD FORMAT! NOT ONLY DOES IT SOUND BETTER THAN AN mp3, YOU’LL HAVE THE ARTWORK, LYRICS & LINER NOTES TOO!!!!!!!

A giant thanks to all who have helped us out.

Enjoy!

Sean
Park Ranger

www.parrotonaporch.com

Safe Without Sound:

TENTATIVE album order is as follows:

1. Safe Without Sound
2. Under New York 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*


All Songs Written and Performed by Park Ranger
Lyrics by Sean Hansen
Produced by Dan Coutant and Park Ranger
Engineered by Dan Coutant at The Buddy Project
Additional Engineering by Sean Hansen and Keith Bogart at Sweet Spot Studio
Mixed by J. Robbins at Magpie Cage, except * Mixed by Dan Coutant at West West Side Music
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music
Loved by Many

Thanks,
Park Ranger