Artist description Angular bursts of pop, spangled up melodies, the buzz of vintage organs and a wall of chiming guitars are snug against Emily Cook's angelic vocals. From sad love songs to tracks like Forever and Never which collapse into a wash of piercing noise and feedback, Fonda are wholly unique...a melodious pop band with short songs usually about sad break-ups, crush stories and losing loved ones.

Music Style indie

Musical Influences Petula Clark, Pavement, Nancy Sinatra, Michel Legrand, My Bloody Valentine, Motown and Phil Spector

Similar Artists Lush, Heavenly, Elastica, Velocity Girl, The Delgados, Bis, My Bloody Valentine, Blur, Echobelly, Marine Research, Ride

Artist History Emily Cook (singer) moved from London to Los Angeles in 1994 to work in the film industry. A chance meeting with David Klotz (guitarist) on a movie set led to the friendship that would soon form Fonda.Sharing an adoration for vintage keyboards and the technicolor musicals of French film director Jacques Demy (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), they started writing the songs that would make up 1998's Music For Beginners EP (Top Quality). It1s breezy pop sensibility soon captured the hearts of indie-pop fans across the country as evidenced by selling nearly every copy of the EP within months of its release.David Newton, a long time friend of the band and former member of Sire/Reprise artists, The Mighty Lemon Drops, joined the band after producing their debut album The Invisible Girl in the Fall of 1999. With a host of close friends filling in on bass and drums, Fonda self-released the album in November 1999. It was embraced by college radio, peaking at #39 on CMJ1s album charts. Songs from The Invisible Girl would be released on compilations in Japan and used in various films and TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer.After a brief tour, Fonda started work on their 2nd album entitled The Strange and The Familiar. The band?s knowledge of the recording process as well as their writing and arranging skills had clearly come a long way. The Strange and The Familiar is a gorgeous collision of melodic indie-pop and gracious dreampop sonics punctuated by angelic female vocals and a wash of guitars. The album covers a wide variety of sounds from the 601s girl group inspired opener "Sun Keeps Shining On Me" to the sparse melancholy beat of "Cape May." From sweet jangly love songs ("Close To Home") to tales about losing the one you love ("Dance in the Light"), The Strange and The Familiar makes mundane life seem strangely beautiful.

Group Members Emily Cook, David Klotz, David Newton, Adam Flanders and Johnny Joyner

Instruments guitars, bass, drums, organ, vocals

Albums The Strange and Familiar CD, The Invisible Girl CD , Music For Beginners CD-ep, Summer Land 7

Press Reviews reviews in: Alternative Press, CMJ, LA Times, LA Weekly, New Times and many more publications.

Additional Info **Fonda perfomed the end title song to the Miramax/Dimension movie SPY KIDS!

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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