By MaryAnn Bayer

This week SkinPoison is gonna flip the script a little bit, normally the bands featured here have a heavier feel, but who wants to paint with the same brush all the time?  Let’s explore some softer sounds, let’s try something locally made, something DIY, and something all together different than what your ears may be used to.  Saratoga Springs, NY brings us Firefighter Font.  An indie-rock 3 piece formed in 2006 by Greg Tebbano (Guitar/vocals), Damon Cook (Bass), and Adiro Patten (drums). Firefighter Font have been compared to Broken Social Scene, and early, (pre-alienating and weird ) Radiohead, this Font enthusiast likes to compare them to “Pink Album” (era Sunny Day Real Estate) and even a lil’ bit o’ Spoon for good measure.  What Firefighter Font may lack in “chugga chugga” is wholly made up for with soulful vocals, smart lyrics, and just the right amount of  tension.  Firefighter Font brings back the unabashed, dreamy, shoe-gazer rock that has been missing from the self-conscious ‘hipster’ indie scene for too long.   Firefighter Font has released their first full length album entitled ‘Crash Tender’ on local label Sub-Bombin’ records and is now available on iTunes..  Check out a live performance at Saratoga NY’s King’s Tavern.

“Choose Your Own Adventure”