Font release their debut album, Strange Burden, on July 12th via Acrophase Records, the band comprised of Thom Waddill (guitar/synth/vocals), Jack Owens (drums), Anthony Laurence (guitar/synth/sampler), Logan Wagner (percussion/sampler), and Roman Parnell (bass/synth) have shared their latest single “Natalie’s Song.” The track follows lead single “Hey Kekulé,”

Strange Burden came together after years of improvising, playing, recording and re-recording both in studios and at home, Strange Burden is the fever-dream document of Font’s nascent stage. It translates the intensity of their live shows into the studio and polishes the surfaces of their music to juxtapose and dislocate genres with a quick-footed, nearly pop-art sensibility. Having built a reputation on the pure creativity and force of their live performances, the band rode this excitement to shows across the U.S., sharing bills with bar italia, Water From Your Eyes, Horsegirl, and CHAI, and landing a slot on the main stage at Austin City Limits. They’ve just wrapped a west coast tour supporting Yard Act and next head out for a co-headline run with Lifeguard.

Font create driving music of sampled stabs, dance beats, and euphoric choruses. As drummers Owens and Wagner lock into a co-constructed groove, Parnell’s bass bridges the kinetic back line to multi-instrumentalist and environment-shaper Laurence. From this density emerge frontman Waddill’s associative lyrics and electric-shock dance. Discordant, sinister minimalism transforms into an anthemic chorus of pulsing synths; wall-of-sound guitars give way to a clubby 808 beat against which the drummers push and tug. To watch the band is to experience a tension of excess and containment as each member pulls the music into something that transcends its starting terms.

Font 2024 Tour Dates

Tue. July 9 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
Wed. July 10 – Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room %
Thu. July 11 – Toronto, ON @ Monarch %
Fri. July 12 – Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Foufounes %
Sat. July 13 – Somerville, MA @ Warehouse XI %
Sun. July 14 – New York, NY @ Union Pool %
Mon. July 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA %
Tue. July 16 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong %
​​Wed. Jul 17 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket Social Hall%
Thu. July 18 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s %
Sun. July 21 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (Pitchfork Aftershow) %
Fri. Aug. 9 – Austin, TX @ Parish (Album Release Show)
Sat. Nov. 9 – London, UK @ EaRTH (Pitchfork London)

% with Lifeguard

Pre-order Strange Burden by Font HERE