Fish Narc

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Background information
Birth nameBenjamin Friars-Funkhouser
Also known asFish Narc
Born1992
Origin Seattle, Washington
Genres Emo, indie rock, post-punk, emo rap
Years active2014–present

Benjamin Friars-Funkhouser (b. 1992) known professionally as Fish Narc (stylized as fish narc), is an American musician and producer from Seattle, Washington. He has contributed to the development of the emo rap subgenre and as a member of underground rap collectives Thraxxhouse and GothBoiClique, producing Lil Peep’s Goth Angel Sinner LP, and collaborating with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Lil Tracy (Yung Bruh), Horse Head [1] and Cold Hart. His production work is notable for use of live guitar playing instead of samples. [2]

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Since 2020, he has released solo albums Wildfire (2020), [3] Camouflage (2022), and Fruiting Body (2023), and toured with a band. [4]

Early life

Friars-Funkhouser was born and raised around Seattle, Washington, [5] and was introduced to music from 2000s rock FM radio. He started out as a musician while a teenager in Seattle's punk and experimental scenes of the mid-00s. He participated in the mid to late 2000s seattle DIY movement/community, attending, booking, and performing in DIY shows from 2009 to 2015 in the Pacific Northwest. His band Hausu released one album on Hardly Art in 2013 before disbanding. [6]

Musical eras

Thraxxhouse and GothBoiClique era

He picked up music software and started making industrial, noise and techno around 2014. He joined Thraxxhouse, [7] one of several artist collectives started by former Raider Klan members, after its dissolution, in late 2014. While living in Los Angeles, California he began to collaborate with Lil Tracy, and became a member of GothBoiClique due to his background of singing in rock bands. [8] His first production credit is "neurotic" by Yung Bruh. He then produced for dozens of artists in the underground scenes in Seattle and Los Angeles, and submitted two pseudonymous vocal tracks to GothBoiClique's 2016 album, Yeah It's True.

After Lil Peep invited him to Los Angeles to work on Come Over When You’re Sober in March 2017, he would move back to California. He lived in MacArthur Park neighborhood and collaborated with GothBoiClique members in studios in Hollywood and the San Gabriel Valley with producers Bighead, Nedarb, and others. He became one of Lil Peep’s main producers and the architect of the sound of his final project Goth Angel Sinner, with a more stripped recording style and minimal guitar beats with 808s. [9] [10] He also produced Horse Head's This Mess Is My Mess LP from 2017. He has several unreleased songs with Juice Wrld. In 2018, he collaborated with producer Clams Casino on an EP with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Spider Webs.

New solo music

In 2018, he moved to New York City with Yawns and Cold Hart of GothBoiClique, following Lil Tracy and Nick Blanco, setting up a studio in Brooklyn, NY and developing hybrid rock style beats that fused indie, punk, and post-punk elements with 808s and rap production techniques.

His solo music draws on punk and alternative rock, as well as his background in Soundcloud rap. His first solo album WiLDFiRE came out in July 2020.

He moved to Olympia, Washington during the pandemic. He initially self-released the album fruiting body in 2023 with the Seattle producer and artist keyblayde808, before it was picked up by K Records for vinyl and cassette. The album touches on indie and postpunk influences, combining with modern Soundcloud rap stylings.

His current songwriting is influenced by 1980s punk, with a current touring band including bass, guitar, and drums.

Discography

Studio albums

As lead artist

TitleLabelRelease dateFormat
WildfireGOTHBOICLIQUE for streaming, Pop Wig for vinylJuly 17, 2020digital, vinyl
CamouflageGOTHBOICLIQUEJanuary 01, 2022digital
Fruiting Bodyself-released streaming, K records for vinyl and cassette [11] June 01, 2023digital, vinyl, cassette

With Hausu

TitleLabelRelease dateFormat
Total Hardly Art (streaming, vinyl and CD), Bridgetown (cassette)June 25, 2013digital, vinyl, CD, cassette

With Gothboiclique

TitleLabelRelease dateFormat
Yeah It's TrueJune 25, 2016

As executive/featured producer

TitleLabelRelease dateFormat
This Mess Is My Mess – with Horse HeadSeptember 26, 2017self-released
Segador de Almas – with GoaLa Vendición recordsMay 03, 2019self-released

Mixtapes and EPs

As lead artist

TitleLabelRelease dateFormat
Foraging Wild MushroomsGOTHBOICLIQUE (streaming), Bratty Dog (cassette)June 11, 2021digital, cassette
Hunter EPself-releasedMay February 16, 2023digital

As executive/featured producer

TitleLabelRelease dateFormat
Night Angels – with Swan LingoSeptember 21, 2018digital
Spider Webs – with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal & Clams Casino Dark MedicineNovember 23, 2018digital
Goth Angel Sinner – with Lil PeepColumbiaOctober 31, 2019digital, vinyl, CD as part of Everybody's Everything compilation album

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