Fish Narc (aka Ben Funkhouser) is probably best known for being a member of the emo-rap collective GothBoiClique (alongside Lil Peep, Wicca Phase, and others), but he’s also long been involved with indie rock (he was in the short-lived, Hardly Art-signed band Hausu) and he just signed to Calvin Johnson’s legendary Olympia, WA indie label K Records. “It was clear from the first encounter that he has a vision and follows through in a trying to achieve it,” Johnson says. “Plus, his songs are catchy, the dancing in mandatory, the sing-along irresistible.”
Fish Narc’s first album for K, Frog Song, comes out on Valentine’s Day (February 14), and you can hear lead single “My Ceiling” now. It’s a fuzzed-out, shoegazy song that’s markedly different than his emo-rap stuff, and here’s what Ben says about it:
This song is about my girlfriend, Emma. She plays bass in the fish narc live band and we rock together. The lightness she inspires in me is a gift and this song is a tiny reflection of that. I was hanging out in NYC with keyblayde808 and remghost at a studio where we made the instrumental without much thought. The song came together so quickly that we decided to perform it on tour the following month. I loved seeing people fake sing along, or actually catch it by the last hook, and I took this to mean it was a banger.
Listen to the new song below. Fish Narc also has a few shows coming up, including one at Ridgewood, NY’s Trans-Pecos the day the album comes out (2/14) with They Are Gutting A Body of Water, The Dallas Cowboys, and my world ends with you. All dates are listed below.
Tracklist
1. my ceiling
2. return to flames
3. boxy volvo
4. old band
5. crystal ball
6. can you really ever know?
7. cluefinder
8. interstate
9. never better
10. gas station
11. blueberry
12. disregulated
Fish Narc — 2024/2025 Tour Dates
11/20 Los Angeles @ Permanent Records w/ cleanse., Jawdropped
02/01 London, UK @ Rough Trade
02/04 London, UK @ Shacklewell Arms w/ Hitment
02/14 New York, NY @ Trans Pecos w/ They Are Gutting A Body of Water, The Dallas Cowboys, my world ends with you