Reviews of our "I Feel Like a Jerk" E.P....

Rocket Reducer Records-
This is recorded amazingly. There are no gimmicks on this record--no Garage Punk (tm) echo, no lo-fi/Weird Punk (tm) slumming, no phoniness whatsoever. This is straightup great songwriting by excellent instrumentalists. I’m impressed at how sparse the songs are while retaining a very defined structure. Credit the rhythm section with doing their job. Awesome Motor City Mayhem going on here. Give this one spin and you might like it. Give it two and you might love it. Give it three and it might be your favorite record of your order.

Florida’s Dying-
This fits in well with the rest of the X! family. They probably sit between Tyvek and the Frustrations as Thanksgiving dinner.

Terminal Boredom-
Nice three-track EP here from Michigan’s Fontana, the first I’ve heard from these kids who share label-space with other recent area phenoms Tyvek, Terrible Twos and Frustrations. "Dumb Luv" is a quite Brit-sounding aloof and near goofy punker with a very Raw Records vibe and fun-sounding whooping vocals. "(Having A) Fun Time" exhibits some thuggy guitar-rock feel with elements of classic Detroit rock energy. Two ace A-Side cuts. "You’re Obscene" fills the flip side with a Frustrations-like busy-ness, with a quiet song-within-a-song guitar interlude/workout bookended by energetic Tyvek-like DIY punkitude. A nice companion to their more "famous" stablemates. (RK)

Ben Blackwell (Metro Times)-
Sloppy, inept punk rock that’s heavy on squealing guitar swaths which cut through the modesty a la the Voidoids. "(Having a) Fun Time" resurrects the audio verité of the Germs, while "You’re Obscene" does the punk-by-numbers jig before spilling into a slow, sing-along-tempting breakdown. Nice!

Katie Helegda-
After listening to the E.P of Fontana I understand why it is entitled "I Feel Like a Jerk" because anyone who records such garbage should feel like a jerk for making people listen to it. Their three song "E.P" is really just short for "Exceptionally Poor." I don’t understand why anyone would put themselves through the torture of listening to the mindless droning and half-ass recording of the song "(Having a) Fun Time" yeah, I will have a fun time, when the song is over and I can return life without the screeching and out of tune vocals of the seemingly prepubescent boys that yell into the mic. The flip side of the E.P "Your Obscene" is a little prequel to how the purchaser of the album will feel after the 45 is done playing, obscene for wasting five dollars of precious burrito money.

Dusted Magazine-
Buzzsaw garage-punk that’s willing to dirty it up rather than play nice, a rarer quality than you’d think these days, when it seems everyone in practice is going for more of a tight, professional presentation. Nah, though, Fontana slug it out, happily trudging in muddied grey slush once trod upon by the Pagans, Halo of Flies, maybe even GG in the vocals. Great recording with lots of space and a strongly defined instrument sound, particularly the guitar. Even the long, wandering track "You’re Obscene" works despite its loose sound and wayward arrangement. This is a killer!

Eric Allen (Real Detroit Weekly)-
Best Vinyl Release: Fontana I Feel Like A Jerk
You should feel like a jerk if you don’t own this three song EP. As a band, they musically bridge the gaps between Black Flag, The Stooges and The Ventures. Easily one of the best bands in the city.

Mish Mach Music Reviews-
Fontana packs a whole lotta stoopid into three songs. This is sloppy trash punk at its best, with plenty of noisy guitar-bass-drums and aimless shouting, just to make you feel like a good punk should. Dumb Luv starts it all off with a straightforward punk stage dive, which gives way to the Black Flag-inspired (Having A) Good Time. Side two gives us the wild and meandering You’re Obscene, a track that breaks down into a slow, plodding groove in the middle that almost makes it two songs for the price of one. Your turntable is begging for this one, don’t let it down.

br>Maximum Rock ’N’ Roll did a review, viewable in their February issue, but since it is not already available on the internet for anyone’s reading you should go out and buy a copy if you really need to read it or other things in the magazine. C’mon.