La Fonda

La Fonda is an indie rock band from Seattle fronted by Filipino-American sisters, Valerie and Veronica Topacio. Centering their songwriting around the themes of sisterhood, navigating the chaos of adolescence, and finding their footing in the world, the Topacio sisters — along with guitarist Jesse Cole, bassist Bryan Dever, and drummer Jacob Whinihan — create sonically atmospheric, shoegaze-inspired tracks falling somewhere between dream pop... More

La Fonda is an indie rock band from Seattle fronted by Filipino-American sisters, Valerie and Veronica Topacio. Centering their songwriting around the themes of sisterhood, navigating the chaos of adolescence, and finding their footing in the world, the Topacio sisters — along with guitarist Jesse Cole, bassist Bryan Dever, and drummer Jacob Whinihan — create sonically atmospheric, shoegaze-inspired tracks falling somewhere between dream pop and alternative rock. The group released their debut album, New Self, Old Ways, in early 2021 and has opened for a myriad of major bands in Seattle such as Snail Mail, Joseph, and Alvvays, along with summer festivals Capitol Hill Block Party, Fisherman’s Village, and a live DJ set at Day In Day Out. In 2019, the Topacio sisters founded Belltown Bloom, a femme and LGBTQ+-based music festival in Seattle that has hosted indie favorites like Crumb, Wet, Widowspeak, and more. Over the course of the pandemic, La Fonda spent months in the studio with producer Mike Davis (Great Grandpa, Pool Kids, Lo Moon), gearing up to release their second studio album, our April 7,2023 Less