# FRED ABONG Releases ‘Father’, The First Taste Of The Forthcoming ‘Fear Pageant’ 

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/fred-abong-releases-father-the-first-taste-of-the-forthcoming-fear-pageant/
- Published: 2023-06-06T16:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Alternative singer-songwriter Fred Abong releases ‘Father’, first taste of forthcoming ‘Fear Pageant’ album **

_“Purity and honesty in his approach that gets more and more intense with each track…
like you’re riding a wave of energy”_ ~ **Higher Plain Music**

_“Thoughtful, minimalist. The ghost of Syd Barrett watches over everything… ‘another
sonic leap forward”_ ~ **Real Gone Rocks**

_“An almost painful intimacy to his words despite the oblique phrasing and imagery
he conjures”_ ~** Isolation Records**

_“An ascent out of singer-songwriter folk territory into something bordering on 
punk and psychedelia” _~ **Fatea Magazine**

_“Beautifully raw, uncluttered and quite cinematic… Melodically infectious and lyrically
mysterious _~ **Newport Naked**

![Fred Abong](https://i0.wp.com/redirect.haulix.com/F6BFw8VTju5IWCNr_2UEkISN1U9f21Na0EogiVMeKU0%
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Indie rock artist** **[**Fred Abong**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fredabongmusic.com&umid=e154e564-888c-4160-b7ff-aae782025cf5&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-61056be26362cc7c248730d6a6b86e6681a0db92)
presents his new single[ **‘Father’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fJ6eG1PsmK9w&umid=e154e564-888c-4160-b7ff-aae782025cf5&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-f40982330c8b30d3f3d20ad19a3c47748cba7776),
the first taste of his forthcoming album** ‘Fear Pageant’**, slated for release 
in late summer via Seattle-based label [**Disc Drive**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2flinktr.ee%2fdiscdrive&umid=e154e564-888c-4160-b7ff-aae782025cf5&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-fb4f1028180a8d0e768ff2ba820e783f45a8a0e8).

This is Abong’s seventh album (most of which have been self-released, along with
his two EPs), following up his** **[**‘Yellowthroat’ album**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ffredabong.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2fyellowthroat&umid=e154e564-888c-4160-b7ff-aae782025cf5&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-805199b0e74e88151b79a6a6bdcc338c34f749c7),
released in mid-2022 and recorded together with **Rob Ahlers (50FOOTWAVE, Kristin
Hersh Electric Trio).**

On this release, Abong – a Filipino-American indie / alternative rock singer-songwriter
and multi-instrumentalist – upholds his reputation as a songwriter creating a blend
of “ragged Replacements and lyric-driven Bob Dylan” and as “Elliott Smith with balls”.

A musical and geographical wanderer, he grew up in the Northeast, has lived in Southern
California, and currently calls New Orleans home. His songs are existentially and
romantically focused, poetic, and slightly off-kilter. Detuned guitars, unconventional
song structures, and a raw and unpolished production aesthetic characterize the 
overall sound. Fred’s hypnotic, sometimes gravelly adds to the effect.

“This was one of the last songs to be written for this album. Though I never know
what ‘inspires’ a song in any kind of obvious way (I don’t get ‘ideas’ for songs
or anything like that), it’s possible the song is informed by the fact that my children
are all adults now. But that’s too linear an interpretation. The song is both less
and more than that, in my opinion. Nothing is that straightforward. You should be
getting the idea that I’m not in control of the song, ever. Maybe the spelling …
I’m in control of the spelling,” says **Fred Abong**.

Fred Abong - Father

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Watch this video on YouTube

“Lyrically and imagistically, though, it suggests to me a spiritual crisis of some
sort. The music, too, has a solemn, reverential quality, until it gets funky in 
the outro. Actually, now that I think about it, the whole song is both reverential
and funky. It just gets funkier at the end. So, I guess that’s what the song is 
about – funky reverence.”

![Fred Abong](https://i0.wp.com/redirect.haulix.com/W3qi541iIrvH5lwK0PD4h9qJNn6IL5UUjw5DCzc8lMU%
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Getting his musical start in 1980’s Rhode Island as a drummer, bassist and guitarist
in an array of hardcore punk bands, Fred Abong spent the early 1990s playing bass
for **Throwing Muses** and then **Belly**. He then put music as a profession on 
hold for academic pursuits, earning a PhD in Humanities and serving as a professor
at various universities for eight years before returning to music.

Continuing to write songs as a solo artist, Abong’s music has a raw and unpolished
production aesthetic with an overall direct, though deceptively imaginative and 
oblique, presentation. Apart from his work as a solo artist, Fred Abong is also 
currently bassist in the **Kristin Hersh Electric Trio** and has also been a [**practicing Vedic astrologer**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fredabongastrology.com&umid=e154e564-888c-4160-b7ff-aae782025cf5&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-6a568464d36ec94322b8ed2fffcc475f2d8d6a35)****
for the past 20 plus years.

As of June 6, ‘Father’ will be released on fine music platforms, including **[Bandcamp](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ffredabong.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2fyellowthroat&umid=e154e564-888c-4160-b7ff-aae782025cf5&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-805199b0e74e88151b79a6a6bdcc338c34f749c7)**,
where his ‘Yellowthroat’ record (featuring the song “[Passenger Side](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2022/08/fred-abong-releases-passenger-side-single-ahead-of-new-yellowthroat-album/)“)
is also available in all formats. The full ‘Fear Pageant’ album will be released(
digitally and on vinyl) on July 20.

![Fred Abong album cover](https://i0.wp.com/redirect.haulix.com/pbuRR0lG9S-Z8Oif1PJNHh3Z6MwpsLp6zo4q5_kD734%
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**CREDITS**
Music and lyrics by Fred AbongAll songs recorded, mixed and performed
by Fred AbongAll instruments by Fred AbongMastered by Fred Thomas

**TRACK LIST**
1. Father2. Half Wit3. Fear Pageant4. Hungry Ghost5. Bats6. America
8087. My Way8. Shadows9. Reservoirs10. Sailor

**FOR FANS OF: **
Elliot Smith, Leonard Cohen, Kristin Hersh, The Replacements, 
Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Nirvana, Joe Strummer, Guided By Voices

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