The Howling Faith is a Los Angeles-based female-fronted musical duo that creates a meshing of jangly and twangy guitars, powerful bass-forward hooks, and soulful vocals. With Laura Ishida fronting the band on vocals and bass, and Danny Rodarte on guitar and vocals, the band employs an earthy arsenal of neo-psychedelia, garage rock, surf, quasi-Americana, 80’s college radio and the slippery beast known as indie rock.
Their music has space, breathes…lets simple melodies shine through. The lyrics can be biting or dark, telling stories of longing, lament…with melancholic and nostalgic phrases that resonate, tugging at the heartstrings. Laura & Danny do a good amount of harmonizing as well on a number of songs, creating an additional layer of velvety rustic vocal melodies.
They draw inspiration from their musical heroes such as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Pretenders, the band X, R.E.M., PJ Harvey, The Ventures, and Linda Ronstadt to name a few.