Above: fish narc, the band, preparing to tour the world.
fish narc (the musical moniker of Olympia, WA-based songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Funkhouser) recently announced his new album, Uncle [KLP313] due out October 16th via K (that is us!). Even more important news: fish narc has a new single out now, "Big Dumb World."
"Big Dumb World" follows lead single "Much Less Me" (which drew attention from the likes of Stereogum, Paste Magazine, Clash Magazine, and more) and offers another cut of perfectly crunchy college rock that picks up the torch from '90s greats, if you know what I mean (we know you do). Check into the "Big Dumb World" videograph HERE.
Uncle [KLP313] arrives barely a year after fish narc's 2025 album, frog song [KLP298], which drew acclaim for fully embracing the guitar-led influences that have always been a part of Funkhouser's genre-hopping songwriting. Uncle picks up that creative momentum and runs with it. Funkhouser teamed with producer/engineer Alex Farrar (Wednesday, MJ Lenderman, Archers of Loaf, Fiddlehead) and leaned even further on the evergreen sounds '80s and '90s alterna-rock, making not only the best fish narc album to date, but one of the most satisfying rock albums of the year.
And now fish narc, Uncle [KLP313] is available for PRE-ORDER from The K Mail Order Dept.
Above: fish narc has a new single out now, "Big Dumb World."