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		From out of nowhere, Fonda has soared to the top of my "Bands I'd Like to See Live Sometime Soon" list. Purveyors of semipsychedelic pop by way of Stereolab and Lush, the group offer five tracks of gloriously jangly, farfisa-enhanced girly-vocal-harmonies. Dreamily melodic guitars are prodded along by droning organ chords, choruses build to a fever pitch of squalling feedback and jackhammer drums, and Emily Cook's textbook perfect voice keeps things floating along breezily. But this isn't another boringly twee cookie cutter dreampop venture. When Cook and David Klotz join voices on "Theme from 'The Operatives'", the result is a swirling, hallucinatory assault that rocks harder and more urgently than any introspective shoegazer group could possibly manage. The mid-tempo thrumming of "Be a Volunteer" is equally powerful, delivering a solid and unpredictable melody under lyrics stuffed with trite phrases like "There's no 'I' in team." Five tracks isn't nearly enough. Are you listening, Fonda? We need a full-length, lickety-split. And then a tour. Come on. Snap to it! We're waiting...
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Fonda Music For Beginners e.p. Top Quality CD
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