Onelinedrawing (Jonah Matranga)

Jonah Matranga is essentially unique. His music is somewhere in between NickDrake, Cheap Trick and Sinead O'Connor… but not really. Over the last 15years, he’s fronted rock bands (Far, Gratitude, New End Original) and mademore solo-ish albums as onelinedrawing and simply under his name. He’s maderecords with budgets ranging from $300 to $300,000.For his latest album, 'You're All Those Things And Then You're None', Jonah firstreleased solo acoustic versions of the songs, then put those basic tracks up forpeople to add their own ideas. It's exciting in concept and execution -- andsurprisingly cohesive. On one track, 'Happy-Hee', upwards of 30 singers(including Kimya Dawson) ended up being part of a fittingly tender, odd collage.The album ranges from rocking and strident ('This Is Who I'm Gonna Be', 'Hold On') to poppy and idiosyncratic ('Sweet Life' and 'I Just Died In The Air', the latter of which is a synth-fueled, hooky, lyrical pastiche of countless iconic 80s tunes) to sparse and touching ('You Belong To Me', 'Secret World'). Listen here: http://goo.gl/HhcU4Jonah also just released a crowd-funded (and created) Covers album entitledVoices & Dedication, featuring his unique take on Bruce Springsteen, TomWaits, Tori Amos, Mazzy Star, Alkaline Trio and 11 others.Listen here: http://goo.gl/hBtWlJonah has worked with, toured with and influenced artists ranging from TheWeakerthans to Frank Turner to Sepultura. He’s recently turned up on hip-hoprecords from Fort Minor and Lupe Fiasco, as well as being featured on releasesby Thursday, Deftones and many more.Jonah has played as many house shows as he has huge festivals, and hebrings the same thing regardless of where he’s playing — ambitious songwriting,wit, honesty and an interest in making something unique every time. His newalbum is yet another example of this.There's info about the new album and lots more at http://jonahmatranga.com