Catch Without Arms

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Catch Without Arms is the third album from the Los Gato, 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. Lead singer Gavin Hayes comments on his lyrical approach to this album, saying, "The whole underlying basis of the lyrics and the music is opposite, contrast... I’d written some lyrics that are based around conversations or argument, so we thought about a record with two halves that contrast each other. The whole basis of the record could be about objection to idea, and contrast." The album was released with a booklet containing art created by dredg bassist, Drew Roulette and lead singer, Gavin Haye. Initially there was an original painting created for each song and two other, a total of 14 painting, in the Catch Without Arms Collection, which are available for purchase through the band's website. These painting, 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 week, various clues were posted on the official dredg website that were meant to point users to a buried treasure of sort. Once the treasure was found, another hunt began for the three people who found the original treasure. .

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