The Doubleclicks
write songs.

SHORT BIO:

Laser Malena-Webber and Aubrey Turner, also known as musical duo the Doubleclicks, write songs about dinosaurs, cats, anxiety, and queer feelings on the cello and guitar, and welcome you to imagine the name of that genre. They have toured the US, Australia, and Europe and have racked up over 4 million Youtube views amongst their large and beautiful grassroots audience. Their latest project is a musical, "Teaching a Robot to Love," a sci-fi story about the trans experience.

TIMELINE:

Since launching their band in 2011 with a weekly new-song YouTube project and the animated music video for their Dungeons & Dragons love song, The Doubleclicks have toured their clever brand of folk music around the country, usually in comic shops, game stores or in their fans’ living rooms. The duo has also performed at w00tstock shows with Paul & Storm and Wil Wheaton, and entertained audiences at pop culture, gaming and sci-fi conventions.

  • The duo’s first full-length album “Chainmail and Cello” (2012) intones the life and loves of the geek girl – with songs about love, Velociraptors, and Pride & Prejudice.

  • In 2012 the band also released a CD of their music for kids called “Worst Superpower Ever.”

  • In 2012, the Doubleclicks also persevered through the year-long Song Fu 2012 monthly songwriting challenge as a featured artist, wrote the official theme song for party game Cards Against Humanity, and released a 5-song Christmas EP and performed on the Jonathan Coulton Cruise.

  • Their 2013 album “Lasers and Feelings” debuted on the Billboard charts at #7! The music video for the song “Nothing To Prove” off that album has over 1 million YouTube views. The ran “Weekly Song Wednesday,” a project to post new songs on YouTube every week from September 25 til the end of 2013.

  • In early 2014, the Doubleclicks raised over $80,000 in a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new album and a music video project called “Dimetrodon”. The album is produced by Mike Phirman!

  • In 2015, the Doubleclicks launched a Patreon crowdfunding project to make more music videos.

  • The 2015 album “President Snakes” was funded by Kickstarter and spent two weeks in the top 5 comedy albums on Billboard.

  • Their 2017 album “Love Problems” charted on 11 Billboard charts in its first week, peaking at number one on the comedy charts.

  • Their 2019 album “The Book Was Better” was number one on the Billboard comedy chart when it debuted and was featured on Paste.

  • Their 2021 project is the musical “Teaching a Robot to Love.” The album debuted at number five on the Billboard cast albums chart.