FONTINE
FONTINE is Indigenous, queer, and a self-proclaimed “real goofy guy”. These things all inform her art. She is a road warrior, logging shows all year with her own project or as a collaborator with Boy Golden, Kris Ulrich, Begonia, Georgia Harmer and many others. Her latest full-length album, Good Buddy (a CB Radio code for gay), is a rock record with a mushy middle. It's beautiful and energizing, exploring pain, catharsis, identity exploration, self-doubt, activist frustration, people pleasing and friendship. Good Buddy is a departure from her breakout Yarrow Lover EP, which leaned into cleaner, folkier singer-songwriter tones. This new record finds her back with her trademark powerhouse voice and disarmingly vulnerable approach, but housed in a grittier shell. The album was recorded live to tape to be as raw and scrappy as possible.
