Joe Wong is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and podcaster based in Los Angeles, California. He is currently the host of The Trap Set, a weekly podcast and radio show about the lives of musicians. Out on Decca Records, the album ‘Nite Creatures’ was produced by Mary Timony (Ex Hex, Helium), who also plays guitar on the record, and it also features Mary Lattimore, Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd, War on Drugs’ Jon Natchez, Shudder to think frontman (and fellow film/TV...
Joe Wong is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and podcaster based in Los Angeles, California. He is currently the host of The Trap Set, a weekly podcast and radio show about the lives of musicians. Out on Decca Records, the album ‘Nite Creatures’ was produced by Mary Timony (Ex Hex, Helium), who also plays guitar on the record, and it also features Mary Lattimore, Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd, War on Drugs’ Jon Natchez, Shudder to think frontman (and fellow film/TV composer) Craig Wedren, and Anna Waronker (That Dog), not to mention a 24-piece orchestra.
The album’s songs, which are in an orch-pop vein a la The Zombies or The Left Banke, were written over a nearly 10-year period between his father’s stroke in 2010 and death in 2019.
“It’s basically about losing someone slowly,” says Wong. “It has a lot to do with losing elements of his personality, piece by piece. The album’s about loss, but it’s about coming to terms with it and not being afraid of it. The final loss was a relief and lots of it is kind of like my way of telling him it’s OK to go.”
American Songwriter
Joe Wong
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