Less Jonah and the whale, more David and Goliath. Nicholas Ng has the kind … Read Full Bio ↴Less Jonah and the whale, more David and Goliath. Nicholas Ng has the kind of story that became increasingly common in 2009, when the most intriguing new psychedelic bands often weren't bands at all. A couple of months ago, Ng started sending out mp3s of his Fiveng bedroom pop project, in hopes that maybe somebody out there would hear something they liked and post them. A few local Bay Area blogs did. From there, Ng's aquatic lo-fi productions somehow found their way to Switzerland-based blog Delicious Scopitone, and then to Dallas-based Weekly Tape Deck. Now you're reading these words. And deservedly so.
Amid so many lame attempts to jump the recent "chillwave"/"glo-fi" phenomenon with summer-themed songs and "mysterious" secret identities, it's thrilling to know there are still undiscovered talents like Ng out there, tapping that zeitgeist of wooziness in their own refreshing ways. The fact that "Jonah" uses nature samples, exotica percussion, heavily reverbed guitars, streaky synths, and Panda Bear-style harmonies shouldn't come as much of a shock. That the arrangement is so accomplished, though-- the song so melodic and well-constructed-- makes Fiveng one of those rare pleasant surprises. "Jonah was a boy who didn't give a damn," Ng sings, over strummy chords that cry out for a mashup with the Exploding Hearts' "Throwaway Style"; "All he ever wanted was a bowl in his hand." As much Here We Go Magic as Washed Out, Ng just wants to see you underwater.
---review from Pitchfork
Amid so many lame attempts to jump the recent "chillwave"/"glo-fi" phenomenon with summer-themed songs and "mysterious" secret identities, it's thrilling to know there are still undiscovered talents like Ng out there, tapping that zeitgeist of wooziness in their own refreshing ways. The fact that "Jonah" uses nature samples, exotica percussion, heavily reverbed guitars, streaky synths, and Panda Bear-style harmonies shouldn't come as much of a shock. That the arrangement is so accomplished, though-- the song so melodic and well-constructed-- makes Fiveng one of those rare pleasant surprises. "Jonah was a boy who didn't give a damn," Ng sings, over strummy chords that cry out for a mashup with the Exploding Hearts' "Throwaway Style"; "All he ever wanted was a bowl in his hand." As much Here We Go Magic as Washed Out, Ng just wants to see you underwater.
---review from Pitchfork
Jonah
Fiveng Lyrics
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Breathe She's a lady you'll remember Wrapped in mystery and style Sh…
Cryptids Jonah You've got to let it go You've got to do what's…
DEVANS Yahweh. Yahweh. You are the Eternal being You are the…
Francis Dunnery You can hear me call your name But I haven't said…
Grammatrain I lost myself Or rather images I had of Me did tell…
Hackensaw Boys Jonah you're still young, boy Jonah you're still young You…
Kanye West Like who's here when I need a shoulder to lean…
Keith Hudson Jonah, Jonah, Jonah, come up now Jonah, Jonah, Jonah, come…
King Diamond "After 7 years on a dusty shelf The book seemed unreal For…
Maeve hold your breath and sink to the bottom it’s so…
Magna Carta Jonah got a talent and an old guitar and a…
Major Parkinson In heaven Everyone loves you In heaven Nobody knows you But …
Old Man Luedecke Well Jonah bore the mark of Cain His wife had thrown…
Orlando I wanna leave Cuz the party’s getting boring There’s way too…
Paul Simon Half an hour change your strings and tune up Sizing the…
Rachael Yamagata Jonah fell in love in a foreign town With defenses down,…
Screaming Females beneath myself, how holiday's go this borne child with stupe…
Sister Rosetta Tharpe In the Bible we are told Of a prophet who was…
Stuart Davis The dogs are still expecting Your father is a general Benj…
Una Cut to The bar scene Enter John, Jonah, Madeleine Sitting, …
Wussy Sometimes I like to think about The stars that cover you. Ho…
Yori Swart There in a blink of an eye I see you struggling…
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