‘Mountains and Buffalo’ is a track recorded by Ween during the making of their 2003 album Quebec. Though it wasn’t included on the eventual final tracklist, I guess because it just doesn’t reach that odd weirdness that runs throughout that record, the band saw enough potential in it that they released it as a double A-side single alongside ‘Tried and True’.

As far as the track goes, it’s a pretty solid rock band performance. Gene and Dean Ween are on the guitars pulling off some great chord progressions, Dave Dreiwitz on bass guitar pulls off some good runs, and Claude Coleman Jr. powers through with those drums. Well, I’m assuming those four guys are playing on here. There are plenty of instances on Quebec where it’s only Gene and Dean on a track and none of the band’s other members are on there. There’s definitely a band performance aura about this one though.

Although the live band performance feel would stick out had it been included on its parent album, the lyrics certainly don’t. They’re quite obscure, not very linear… more based on imagery rather than having a full-on narrative. Though inspecting them closely, I think Gene Ween’s singing about having a few drinks and having a quickie with a fine lady. The way he expresses this encounter really makes the experience sound quite spaced out and trippy. It’s all great though. Something of a deep cut in the Ween discography because that double A-side single is hard to find. Very memorable yet understated, which I always like to find in a song.