onelinedrawing, the long-running musical outlet of Jonah Matranga of Far, etc. fame, will be releasing a new album titled “RAINBOWMACHINE” on September 18th via Iodine Recordings. A first single in “This Is A Warning” is available now below. A press release went on describe this new record as being the first rock album Matranga has created in more than 20 years.
As there’s a bit of backstory to digest with this upcoming new record, I’ll let that press release do the talking from here on:
‘Long before RAINBOWMACHINE was an album, it was a collection of recurring visitors.
A chorus that wouldn’t leave. A melody that kept finding its way back. Songs that seemed perfectly content to wait until the right room appeared around them.
Eventually, the room did.
onelinedrawing is thrilled to announce RAINBOWMACHINE, which arrives September 18 via Iodine Recordings. Built from songs written across different eras of Jonah Matranga‘s life, the record gathers together ideas that lingered for years, melodies that refused to disappear, and collaborations that only made sense once they were already happening. Pre-order the album here.
Today, onelinedrawing shares the video for the first single “This Is A Warning.”
For Matranga, known for his work in Far, New End Original, Gratitude, Camorra, and the ever-evolving world of onelinedrawing, many of these songs have been around for a long time. Not unfinished. Not forgotten. Just somewhere else — waiting.
For example, the chorus melody at the center of the title track had been living in his head for nearly 30 years before finally finding a home. It didn’t change much over that time. It simply stayed there until it finally had somewhere to go.
Whereas “This Is A Warning” arrived years ago and felt complete almost immediately, except for one thing: Matranga knew he wasn’t going to record it until the band he heard in his head became real.
That band came together slowly but surely.
Rainbowmachine brings together Matranga, bassist Marcos Nava, drummer Paul DeBenedictis, vocalist Nico Magone, and additional contributions from Denver Dalley, Rod Castro, and Jason Kupfer. Some had never met when the process began. Some recorded parts hundreds of miles apart. Again and again, ideas seemed to arrive exactly where they belonged.
“Many of the songs on this album waited for a long time,” says Matranga. “I didn’t quite know what to do with some of them. I just knew I kept thinking about them. I’d come to accept that the way I heard them in my head wasn’t going to be possible without letting other people in.”
Across 10 songs, Rainbowmachine moves between anxious haze, towering guitars, bubbling synths, and moments of startling intimacy. The album balances vulnerability, melody, texture, and collaboration without ever losing the human voice at its center.
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Jay Maas (Title Fight, Drug Church, Piebald) and mastered by Dave McNair (Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Patti Smith), RAINBOWMACHINE marks the first rock record from Jonah Matranga in more than 20 years and one of the most collaborative releases of his career.
U.S. touring and festival appearances in support of the album are planned for 2026 and will be announced soon.’
“RAINBOWMACHINE” track listing:
01 – “This Is A Warning“
02 – “Eye Have No Idea“
03 – “Eighties El Camino“
04 – “Failures Virgin“
05 – “Inbetweener“
06 – “Day One Eighty Three“
07 – “On Watering The Planets“
08 – “Rainbowmachine“
09 – “The Water In The Summer“
10 – “The Plane To Mars“
