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A fabulous mix of weird and singalong-able. Lots of sharp left turns, but never lacking in melodies. Favorite track: Another Day In The Experiment.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Orange and grey half vinyl with violet splatter (limited to 150) or black vinyl. Insert printed with lyrics, credits, and additional art. Includes download card and stickers.
Includes unlimited streaming of Umpteenth via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Includes unlimited streaming of Liminal Hiss
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Cassette + Digital Album
50 brick colored tapes with white printing in turquoise cases with full color double sided j-card inserts. Each tape comes with a TRR holographic sticker.
Includes unlimited streaming of Liminal Hiss
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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edition of 50
$8USDor more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of Liminal Hiss via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Includes unlimited streaming of Liminal Hiss
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
“The band has always been unorthodox but repeated listens show their rich talent…the definition of modern eclectic pop. The band’s unpredictability and mashing of styles is a feature and will keep you listening. Highly Recommended.” - Power Popaholic
"...an ace pop songwriter…the band deftly steer his songs through dazzling arrangements of jangle pop, power pop, and psychedelic pop...like if the Flying Nun bands had taken influence from Pavement and Guided by Voices, instead of the other way around...a barrage of warped pop hooks that nevertheless comes through loud and clear...top-tier jangle pop..." - Rosy Overdrive
“...fuzzy, harrowing, and ultimately relentlessly catchy…” - Merry Go Round Magazine
“Onesie pushes familiar forms into new domains…their songs are warm and comfortable if not a bit peculiar too”- Deli Magazine
“A power pop pleaser that plays with dynamics, stops and starts…turning in on itself to hide in some moments and then exploding out again with unexpected new color.” - Full Time Aesthetic
“a straight out of 1995 jangling sea chanty”- Northern Transmissions
Q: WTF is Liminal Hiss? A: The seductive noise that oozes into the permeable spaces we dwell in or pass through, threatening to drown out all other stimuli. Without any ability to discern reality, our eyes dart between dreams, schemes, and screens. Or something like that. On the third album from Onesie, the Brooklyn-based power pop group led by guitarist/singer/songwriter Ben Haberland, the band channel doom scroll induced anxiety into their most ambitious effort yet- a dense “all singles” collection packed with pop culture references, texturally rich guitars, and a defiant bounce that is more party time than end times.
Basic tracks were recorded over a productive winter weekend in 2022 at Katonah Sound, the basement studio run by power pop authority Pete Donelly (The Figgs). Haberland, a new dad, returned home to Brooklyn to overdub and mix with BK producer and fellow new dad Gary Atturio in dribs and drabs over the Summer. From the Kinks stomp of opener “Perma Spring'' (first line: “Waiting for Satan to play his hand”) the band galvanize their staple influences - 60’s psych pop, 70’s power pop, and 90’s slacker rock, into a sprawling, hooky, surreally comedic culture critique that recalls the spirit of populist brit pop era classics like Blur’s “Parklife”, Pulp’s “Different Class”, and Suede’s “Coming Up”.
More than ever, Haberland’s vocals are bright and up front in the mix, while Lori Bingel adds the secret sauce on second guitar- a sweet chime here and haunting ambience there. The dark, primal post punk of album highlight "What You Kill" is uncharacteristically direct. A sugary, XTC-like chorus helps the bad news go down smoothly; “There’s no you-shaped void to fill. You eat only what you kill”. The uptempo “Anemone In Lemonade” unleashes a swirling, layered, kaleidoscope of chords until the band pauses for what seems like a punchline: “orchestration or castration”. Against a caffeinated new wave beat, “Rat Island” strands its protagonist on NYC’s only privately owned island to confront their own self-imposed emotional exile.
Fresh sounds crop up in imaginative ways, the result of lockdown experimentation and going for an intimate, “fucked up basement” vibe. Sparkling twelve strings adorn late album highlight "Let Me Guess", a driving Wilburys-style anthem with a chorus hook sung by Bingel, inspired by stumbling upon a stranger’s peak pandemic suicide attempt along the East River. The cruising Pixies/Billy Joel/Sabbath mashup “Cross The Night” and epic closer "Live Yuppie Scum" allow the band to languish in space, wax philosophical, and smear the sonic canvas with toy pianos and tempo drops.
As a genre bending catch-all project for timeless, obtuse guitar pop in the tradition of Rundgren, Malkmus, or Pollard, Onesie remains difficult to categorize. But, for those looking for a turbocharged testament to substance in an increasingly vapid musical landscape, here comes your band.
credits
released August 18, 2023
Ben Haberland wrote and arranged the songs, played guitars, sang and yelled, and overdubbed some keys. Lori Bingel played guitar. Chris Bordeaux and Will Whatley lent their talents on bass and drums. And piano.
Band recorded by Pete Donnelly at Katonah Sound Spring 2022.
Vocal/overdub recording and mixing by Gary Atturio at Soundtown Spring-Summer 2022.
Additional recording by Ben Haberland at Chez Ben Spring-Summer 2022.
Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering September 2022.
Ezra Tenenbaum's home recordings get new life with bass, drums, and guest vocals by Jenny Lewis on the first single "High Flying Faith." Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 26, 2016
