Catch Without Arms

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Catch Without Arms
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2005
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Length51:43
Label Interscope
Producer Dredg, Terry Date
Dredg chronology
El Cielo
(2002)
Catch Without Arms
(2005)
Live at the Fillmore
(2006)
Singles from Catch Without Arms
  1. "Bug Eyes"
    Released: May 5, 2005
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Catch Without Arms is the third album from the Los Gatos, CA rock band Dredg, released on June 21, 2005. The album signifies a change to a simpler, and more straightforward musical style for the band.

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Background and release

Lead singer Gavin Hayes comments on his lyrical approach to this album, saying, "The whole underlying basis of the lyrics and the music is opposites, contrasts... I’d written some lyrics that are based around conversations or arguments, so we thought about a record with two halves that contrast each other. The whole basis of the record could be about objection to ideas, and contrast."

The album was released with a booklet containing art created by Dredg bassist, Drew Roulette and lead singer, Gavin Hayes. Initially there was an original painting created for each song and two others, a total of 14 paintings, in the Catch Without Arms Collection. These paintings, while abstract in nature, all contain elements directly and indirectly related to the song they portray. The artwork not only was an accompaniment to the album, but also the map to a treasure. Over several weeks, various clues were posted on the official Dredg website that were meant to point users to a buried treasure of sorts. Once the treasure was found, another hunt began for the three people who found the original treasure.

Catch Without Arms was produced by Terry Date, who had produced multiple Soundgarden, Pantera, Deftones, and Limp Bizkit albums. Former Queensrÿche guitarist Chris DeGarmo worked with the band on production and arrangement of the album. DeGarmo also shares writing credits on two tracks.

Track listing

Part 1

All tracks are written by Dredg, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Ode to the Sun" (Chris DeGarmo, dredg)4:12
2."Bug Eyes"4:13
3."Catch Without Arms"4:11
4."Not That Simple"4:56
5."Zebraskin"3:26
6."Tanbark"3:45
7."Sang Real"4:28

Part 2

No.TitleLength
8."Planting Seeds"4:12
9."Spitshine" (Chris DeGarmo, dredg)3:34
10."Jamais Vu"4:55
11."Hung Over on a Tuesday"4:05
12."Matroshka"5:39

Bonus track

No.TitleLength
13."Uplifting News"3:22

Personnel

Music videos

Other songs

Artwork

These are the paintings released by the band, all painted by Drew Roulette and Gavin Hayes, for each of the album tracks and two additional paintings included in the Catch Without Arms Collection:

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