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Fonda is a shoegazer band from LA. Having mentioned that, the band\u2019s story is one that is most bizarre. One of the two founding members (and the lead vocalist) is Emily Cook. She hails from England originally, and there couldn\u2019t be a more authentic stamp of approval for shoegazer on Fonda\u2019s songs than her accent. Cook also happens to be a writer for movies such as Gnomeo & Juliet<\/i> and Ratatouille<\/i>. Her partner and band co-founder David Klotz is the music editor for the television show Glee<\/i>. Together, Cook and Klotz (performing as Fonda) had a song on the Spy Kids<\/i> movie soundtrack: \u201cSpy Kids (Save The World).\u201d<\/p>\n
Compared to the other accomplishments of Fonda\u2019s core members, Fonda might be a teeny-weeny project. It doesn\u2019t seem so in reality; at least on the six-track Better Days EP<\/i>. The band performs more like budding musicians and less like fine folks with tentacles in Hollywood and new mom and dad. Better Days <\/i>is as safe as a shoegazer album gets. The dense guitar layers, the pretty tunes, and the aural vocals are almost text-book in execution. The band might not sound terribly unique, but they sure hell sound wonderful on this opuscule collection of songs.<\/p>\n
Better Days<\/i> has the sunny California vibe that brings a lighthearted quality to its music, which is consistent with Fonda\u2019s previous releases. But Better Days<\/i> is the band\u2019s most dense record. The guitars are fuller and chunkier, resulting in a clean and beautifully lush sound: This record is more Slowdive than, for example, My Bloody Valentine. \u201cBetter Days,\u201d \u201cA Love That Won\u2019t Let You Go,\u201d and \u201cSummertime Fight\u201d are decadently rich with guitar layers, incorporating background keyboard sounds for the extra lift. As is characteristic of Fonda\u2019s sound, there is no psychedelia here; just tons of fun, with not a hint of moodiness in sight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":30804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8765],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-42478","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-fonda","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42478"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42478"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}