Ona - True Emotion | OurVinyl Sessions

Check out Ona from Huntington, WV performing their song True Emotion from their 2019 album Full Moon, Heavy Light. This live performance was filmed at the airpark in Shelby Park in Nashville. Subscribe for the latest OurVinyl performances at http://bit.ly/1FkkrKs

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About Ona:
With a true brotherhood that comes from growing up together, indie rock band Ona merge all their musical history for their second album, Full Moon, Heavy Light.

The band shares its name with a small town just outside of their home base of Huntington, West Virginia. All five band members of Ona were raised in the area, with a couple of guys knowing each other since grade school. By tapping into their own social circles, the current line-up took hold in 2016: Brad Goodall (keys), Bradley Jenkins (vocals/guitar), Zach Johnston (bass), Max Nolte (drums), and Zack Owens (guitar). The band agreed on their name after Jenkins happened to wear an Ona Little League ball cap to rehearsal.

Recorded at various intervals over the course of 18 months, Full Moon, Heavy Light showcases a band that could easily deliver an arena show while still retaining the sincerity of the ‘70s songwriters in their parents’ record collections. Wistful songs like “Summer Candy” and “Young Forever” are at once timeless and contemporary. The band says that they aimed to make a record that’s perfect for intensive listening on headphones as well as mood music for dinner parties with friends. The optimistic streak that runs throughout the project is both genuine and disarming.

Also, part of what makes Ona so unique is that their sound stands apart from the country and bluegrass heritage that the state is known for.

For Full Moon, Heavy Light, the band recorded in Athens, Georgia, with producer Drew Vandenberg (Of Montreal, Deerhunter, Futurebirds). The studio also doubled as lodging for the band, leading to 12-hour days of recording, then hashing out some new parts after-hours when the tape stopped rolling. Two of the band members arranged strings for the album (a first for Ona), while Vandenberg painstakingly ensured that the placement for the drums and guitars were exactly right. He often asked the band what the songs were about, so he could get into the same headspace.

Asked if there’s a thread that ties these nine songs together, Owens replies, “It’s not too direct, but I’d say it’s a common truth that we all have – whether it’s love or emotion or contentment. There’s still longing, but it’s also about being happy with where you’re at.”

Even the album title alludes to the possibility of seeing things in more than one way. As Jenkins explains, “A full moon is associated with all these dark, ominous things, but it’s also the brightest thing in the sky at night -- and it can lead you in a good direction, too.”

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Director: Michael Moen
Producer: Michael Reuter
Gaffers: Chase Lochamire & Craig Hill
Camera 1: Allen Ralph
Camera 2: Tom Beal
Camera 3: Frank Otero
Camera 4: Craig Hill
Camera 5: Michael Moen
Tracking Engineers: Nick Byrd & Sean Brna
Mixing Engineer: Dylan Alldredge
Mastering Engineer: Kevin Dailey
Photographer: Molly Mantlow

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