Ears Wide Open: LA Font
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If the crackling, Pavement-informed indie rock on LA Font’s forthcoming album “The American Leagues” feels like a breath of fresh air compared to all the noisy navel-gazing on the scene right now, it’s because songwriter Danny Bobbe probably still feels like an outsider. Bobbe moved from Montana to L.A. just two years ago, and his prickly songs have the feel of a wiseguy who suddenly finds himself planted in hipster heaven (if not a homeless haven) and who responds by flaming, with guitar and in verse. It’s reminiscent of other local favorites such as Rademacher, the Henry Clay People and Death to Anders, though none of them nails a baseball metaphor as LA Font does in the title track. The band, which includes Jon Perry, Harlow Rodriguez and Greg Katz, releases the album Oct. 9 on vinyl/digital.
||| Download: “Fine Lines”
||| Live: LA Font plays Sunday at Spaceland, Monday at the Silverlake Lounge and Oct. 9 (its album-release show) at Origami Vinyl.
Photo by David Greenwald
Thanks for the heads up on a unique band! They have become a group I will keep my eye on. Thanks for the download La Font!
I ran into this young man in Milwaukee, WI several years ago and he gave me a CD to listen to. I was blown away by some of the tracks and didn’t know the bands name just the fact that he wrote D. Bobbe on the CD cover. I can’t believe that I have found him. Thanks