LA Font

We love LA Font. If you don't know them, you should reconsider a few things about your life, like whether or not you're cool. LA Font is a garage rock band from California, and all the hack music journos keep saying that they sound like they're from the 90s, because they sort of sound like they're from the 90s. But you know what else? They sound fucking good. OK? - Noisey, Vice

A testament to the power of a well-crafted song, we’ve heard so little from the blistering young band aside from the few songs they’ve posted on their bandcamp page. Above all else, this is lively, streamlined rock n’ roll that’s pleading for more expression. - The Deli Magazine

They are beloved by print and online publications all over the country, but especially here in Los Angeles. They are everywhere, and they made it happen their way, with a sound that shouts, like indie and punk bands of yore, “We are going to do what we want and you’re not going to stop us.” - Tadpole Audio

OUR RATING: 8/10 - Inyourspeakers

OUR RATING: 8/10 - Inyourspeakers

2. LA Font – Sharks single
The Los Angeles garage band’s best cuts yet, especially “Lipsmack,” a b-side whose leather-gloved riffs hit you right in the face. - Rawkblog

"It's unsure how much the band truly loves Mickey D's, but it must be a lot, being that they filmed the video at six different locations of this burger franchise." - Filter Magazine

"Well written indie rock songs recorded with a lo-fi sound, giving the whole experience a nostalgic and authentic feel." - Earmilk

The four-piece demonstrate an ability to write great rock songs that despite containing a fair number of hooks are still very rough around the edges, as rock should be. It’s good – nay, great – garage rock by a band that, inexplicably, remains unsigned. - Listen Before You Buy

"I borrowed a pen from the bartender as the band started playing, but my notes quickly fell by the wayside; the band was simply too fascinating, and I had to soak it all in." - Musicinpress

"I borrowed a pen from the bartender as the band started playing, but my notes quickly fell by the wayside; the band was simply too fascinating, and I had to soak it all in." - Musicinpress

The Los Angeles-by-way-of-Alaska LA Font is garage rock at its finest. The band’s been getting a lot of buzz on the West Coast, so it’s only a matter of time before they’re being hyped over here. - Someday Soon

On LA Font's new 7", the track "Sharks" is a slow brewing rock and roll tune that features ragged guitars drifting around controlled vocals that appear on the edge of exploding at any moment (and they do). Like most great rock songs, the guitars are the all stars on this 7", driving each songwriting thought into the next. LA Font isn't exploring new frontiers, but writing great rock songs is a high achievement on it's own...and LA Font succeeds. - We Listen For You

On LA Font's new 7", the track "Sharks" is a slow brewing rock and roll tune that features ragged guitars drifting around controlled vocals that appear on the edge of exploding at any moment (and they do). Like most great rock song, the guitars are the all stars on this 7", driving each songwriting thought into the next. LA Font isn't exploring new frontiers, but writing great rock songs is a high achievement on it's own...and LA Font succeeds. - We Listen For You

Cell phones and the internet make communication grand. I think it was Chuck Klosterman who discussed the importance of the wire being, perhaps, the most important invention known to man, but also the most devastating. Up until there was speedy communication, it probably wasn't important for someone in Maine to hear about shit going on in California. That is, of course, until things globalized. All of those words above just to thank the duo at We Listen For You for turning me on to Los Angeles-based LA Font, a no-frills rock band in every sense, with enough edge to shun the wispy shit that is so popular, but with enough vocal variety and unique songwriting skill to keep things 'cool' enough for the hipsters in the room. It only takes a few strums of "Shark" to know exactly where it's going to go, and this is a good thing. There's not a lot to digest here, but some of the guitar soloing rips through the track like an angry neighbor with little patience. This would be a burner live, no doubt. - Citizen Dick

Forget the wash of reverb and cloak of effects most contemporary bands at turns bask in and safely hide behind. Los Angeles band LA Font dish out their music in a straightforward clear-as-day assault of crackling angular guitars and edgy mercurial vocals. The group has one full-length under its belt, The American Leagues, with its first 7" out today on Sister City Records. With lines like "flesh fell from off the bone" sung on top off furiously picked guitar riffs and a crunch of rhythm, LA Font's music is far from pretty—but it's aslo pretty close to great. - Everybody Taste

The band’s been hard to miss if you live on L.A.’s east side and have left your house at night over the last few months, and its debut release is a strong document of their snarly in-person take on Slanted and Enchanted-style garage indie. The highlights here are many, but it’s a welcome surprise to hear the quiet moments — especially “Lone Wolf Boys,” the band’s answer to “Range Life” — burning as hot as the scorching rockers. - Rawkblog

LA Font’s paradoxical lack of irony immediately makes them a band worth checking out. The allure is not in the novelty, they don’t rely on gimmick, and their sound is not part of any trend that will make it sound passé next year—or even in ten years. Don’t listen to LA Font because it’ll make you cooler (it probably won’t), listen to it because, well, it’s pretty darn good. LA Font sounds a bit like pavement, but not in the oh-my-god-another-band-that-sounds-kinda-like-pavement way. They are earnest, interesting, cull from a variety of styles including punk, indie rock, and country, and are just hooky and poppy enough to get your toes tapping and signing along without feeling overwhelmed by syrupy simplicity. - Indie Shuffle

The band: LA Font, an Echo Park act whose name is pronounced like the pachyderm.

The sound: With the Pavement reunion in full swing, LA Font may be the lo-fi legends' biggest local fans. The band's garage-rock debut, "The American Leagues," smolders with "Slanted and Enchanted"-style fuzz and spastic songs that threaten to run off the rails. Leading the charge is frontman Danny Bobbe, an Alaska native who arrived in L.A. by way of Montana who sings from a constant state of snarly irritation. His topics (and targets) of choice include girls, elitism and elitist girls; sounds like he's settling into L.A. just fine.

The details: Name your price for a digital copy of the self-released "The American Leagues" now on the group's Bandcamp page and pick up a hard copy on wax at Origami Vinyl on Saturday at 7 p.m., when the band plays its album release party.

-- David Greenwald - Los Angeles Times

"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." – Kevin Bronson, Buzzbands.la - Buzzbands.la